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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.

Olearia ciliata (Benth.) Benth.
Fringed Daisy Bush

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:488 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. blue-purple/violet/white & yellow, Aug to Dec. Sandy or gravelly lateritic soils. Coastal dunes, stony rises, sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 May 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Lesueur Sandplain, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Busselton, Coolgardie, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, West Arthur.