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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.

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Patersonia spirifolia Keighery

Reference
Nuytsia 7(2):137-139 (1990)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading, woody, tussock-forming rhizomatous, herb, to 0.3 m high, to 0.4 m across. Sand over laterite. Low hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 29 January 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dandaragan.