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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.

Frankenia ambita Ostenf.

Reference
Dansk Bot.Ark. 2:24 (1918)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small, spreading shrub, to 0.25 m high, to 0.5 m wide. Fl. pink/white, Aug to Dec. Sand or clay. Saline mudflats & tidal marshes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, East Pilbara, Karratha, Port Hedland.