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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.

Selaginella ciliaris (Retz.) Spring

Reference
Bull.Acad.Roy.Sci.Belgique 10:231 (1843)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted, as opposed to rhizomatous herb or (fern ally), 0.01-0.05 m high, sterile leaves dimorphic: large lateral leaves and small median leaves; strobili indistinct. Fl. May to Aug. Sandstone or clay over basalt. Damp rock ledges near waterfalls, banks of waterholes or creeks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 October 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.