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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 pimeleoides (DC.) Benth.
Pimelea Daisybush

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:479 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, open shrub, 0.5-2 m high, young stems and lower surface of leaves shortly pubescent with compact whitish tomentum. Fl. white & yellow, Jun to Sep. Red or yellow sand, red sandy loam or loam. Shrubland, sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 May 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Koorda, Laverton, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Trayning, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.