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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.

Pityrodia lepidota (F.Muell.) E.Pritz.

Reference
Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:516 (1904)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Much-branched shrub, (0.1-)0.2-0.7(-0.9) m high. Fl. white/white-blue-purple, Jun to Dec or Jan or Mar. Yellow or red sand, gravelly sand. Sandplains, dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 December 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Perenjori, Quairading, Sandstone, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.