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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.

Isoetes brevicula E.R.L.Johnson

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 67:34, Fig. 6 (1984)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Cormous, perennial, herb or (fern ally), to 0.01 m high, stock 3-lobed; leaves 4-8 mm long; mature megaspores greyish white when dry. Submerged in rock pools on granitic outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen.