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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.

Sida acuta Burm.f.

Reference
Fl.Indica 147 (1768)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, erect perennial, herb or shrub, to 1 m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Sep. Yellow sand, red loam, black peaty or sandy clay, alluvial soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 June 2005
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.