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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.

Gonocarpus diffusus (Diels) Orchard

Reference
Bull.Auckland Inst.Mus. 10:231-232 (1975)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending or decumbent perennial, herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. pink-red, Oct to Dec. Sandy or clayey soils. Moist creek beds or swamps, sometimes half submerged in water.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 February 1996

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Collie, Denmark, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Harvey, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Waroona.