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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.

Calothamnus aridus Hawkeswood

Reference
Nuytsia 5:145-146, Figs 11, 15 (1984)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, much-branched, straggly to compact shrub, 1-2.5 m high. Fl. red, May or Jul to Oct. Red sand. Sandplains, sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 December 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Merredin, Tallering, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dalwallinu, Leonora, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Wiluna.