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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.

Hypocalymma xanthopetalum F.Muell.
Yellow Myrtle

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 2:29 (1860)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to sprawling shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. yellow/yellow-orange, Jul to Oct or Mar. Grey, white or yellow sand over laterite. Undulating plains, sandy clay flats, sandheaths, open woodland.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 December 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Three Springs.