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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.

Trachymene glaucifolia (F.Muell.) Benth.
Wild Carrot

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:350 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, usually glaucous annual, herb, to 1 m high. Fl. blue/white, Aug to Sep. Red sand. Sand dunes, flat buckshot plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 February 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Murchison, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
East Pilbara, Laverton, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.