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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.

Stylidium ricae Carlquist

Reference
Aliso 8:455-461 (1976)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Caespitose perennial, herb, 0.08-0.2 m high, Leaves tufted, oblanceolate, 4-13 cm long, 1.2-3 mm wide, apex subacute, margin minutely toothed, glabrous. Scape glabrous at base, glandular on inflorescence axis. Inflorescence paniculate. Fl. pink, Aug to Oct. Sandy loam and lateritic gravel, granite. Heath or shrubland, often associated with rock outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 June 2006
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Greater Geraldton, Mingenew, Morawa, Three Springs.