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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.

Paspalum conjugatum P.J.Bergius
Sourgrass

Reference
Acta Helv.Phys.-Math. 7:129-130,Tab.8 (1772)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, stoloniferous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. green/green-purple, May. Wet habitats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Indian Tropical Islands, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Christmas Island, Wyndham-East Kimberley.