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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.

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Plant of the Month

December 2025

All alone, the Western Australian Native Gerbera (Trichocline spathulata) sits, spread out across the southwest and some distance from the 20 other members of the genus native to South America.

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Plant of the Month

November 2025

Bearing a crown of hearts, Gonocarpus cordiger Nees will surely steal yours!

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Plant of the Month

October 2025

While not as well-known as some of the other members of the genus Rhodanthe, which also includes the ‘paper daisies’, Rhodanthe margarethae is a striking species.

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New to Nuytsia

Haemodoraceae hits the spotlight with a suite of taxonomic novelties published today in Nuytsia alongside research on Goodeniaceae, Myrtaceae, Scrophulariaceae and a genus of green algae (Pseudobryopsis).

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Plant of the Month

September 2025

Being part of a genus that has been around for millions of years, to having a partnership with bacteria, what’s not to love about the Zamia (Macrozamia riedlei)?

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Plant of the Month

August 2025

Corchorus crozophorifolius (Baill.) Burret is a much-branched, spreading to erect shrub growing to 1 m high with a floccose indumentum (covered with tufts of soft hair), usually ferruginous (rust coloured) but sometimes white in the northern part of its distribution.

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New to Nuytsia

New species of Acacia, Brachyloma, Conostephium and Drosera were published today along with a summary of updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2024.

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Plant of the Month

July 2025

Looks can be deceiving! That is the case with the Nodding Tiurndin (Tribonanthes brachypetala). This is a small tuberous species within the Haemodoraceae family, making it a relative of the iconic Kangaroo Paw.

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Plant of the Month

June 2025

Sometimes tiny plants need time to shine in the spotlight! One such minuscule flower that can be found flowering in June is the York Gum Nancy (Wurmbea drummondii).

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New to Nuytsia

An intricately branched Samolus discovered during surveys of Fortescue Marsh and a novel Goodenia from arid WA and the NT are amongst the research published today in Nuytsia.

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Plant of the Month

May 2025

Native Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) is a slender pyramidal shrub or tree usually 2–4 m high, but reportedly up to 10 m tall.

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Plant of the Month

April 2025

Physarum pusillum is a distinctive slime mould characterised by a globose sporotheca ornately covered with lime scales, borne on a reddish base and stalk.

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