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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.

Wahlenbergia queenslandica P.J.Sm.

Reference
Jessop & Toelken, Fl.S.Austral. Ed.4,1381,1383,Fig.627 (1986)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or straggling perennial, herb, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. blue/blue-purple, Apr to Sep. Sand, clay-loam. Along watercourses, swamps, seepage areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 January 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Hart, Mann-Musgrave Block, Mitchell, Pentecost, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.