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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.

Enneapogon avenaceus (Lindl.) C.E.Hubb.
Bottle Washers

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 450 (1934)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted annual or perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.07-0.45 m high. Sandy loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Nullarbor, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carlisle, Eastern Goldfield, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hampton, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Dundas, East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku.