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The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s flora taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not currently being reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or the census. Due to the rapidly approaching holiday season and associated agency and facility soft closures, along with the substantial work involved in data mapping, cleaning, and verification, the migration to the new collection management software is not expected to occur before 1 March 2026, when a further update will be provided. Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.

The notice period started at 9:45 am on Friday, 12 December 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 2 March 2026 +08:00.

Plant of the Month
May 2023

POTM

Drosera bulbosa Hook.

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Drosera bulbosa (Red-Leaved Sundew) is a tuberous, perennial herb growing to 30mm high, featuring pure white flowers sitting atop a rosette of up to 12 golden yellow to red leaves. The flowers, which appear around April to August, are on individual stalks, with white anthers and style tips.

Red-Leaved Sundew is widespread in south-western WA, from the Murchison River to Albany and inland to Paynes Find and Southern Cross, where it grows in winter-wet soil, especially by granite outcrops.

Photo: R. Davis

Find out more about Drosera bulbosa Hook.