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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.

Sclerolaena obliquicuspis (R.H.Anderson) Ulbr.
Limestone Bindii

Reference
Engler & Prantl, Nat.Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] Ed.2, 16c:533 (1934)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading perennial, herb, 0.1-0.35 m high. Calcareous sandy clay or loam, clay. Rocky limestone areas, salt lakes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 October 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Hampton, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Westonia, Wiluna, Yilgarn.