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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.

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.

Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

Reference
Encycl. 2:229 (1786)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Twining, parasitic annual, herb, to 0.6 m high. Red-brown sandy loam, red clay associated with granite, white sand, basalt, sandstone. Valley behind coastal sand dune, slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 5 August 2008

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.