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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Eriochiton sclerolaenoides (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott
Woolly Bindii

Reference
Feddes Repert. 89:119 (1978)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rounded, woolly shrub, 0.05-0.3 m high. Fl. white, Sep to Oct. Loam, clay, red or white sand, often saline. Plains, saline flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 September 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Hampton, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Mount Marshall, Narembeen, Perenjori, Sandstone, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.