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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.

Galium spurium L.

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 106 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Lax herb, to 0.4 m high. Calcareous sand, grey sand, dark brown gritty loam, red clayey sand, sandy loam, granite, limestone. Slopes of dune ridges, along creek lines, rock outcrops, deep valleys, island plateaus.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 April 2007

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Merredin, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Mukinbudin, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Westonia, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.