have been observed feeding on B. nivea include Acanthorhynchus superciliosus (western spinebill). Black cockatoos have also been recorded feeding upon the seed, though it is not clear which species of black cockatoo was observed, Calyptorhynchus baudinii (Baudin's black cockatoo) or C. latirostris (Carnaby's black cockatoo).<ref name="Barker 1984">{{cite book |author1=Barker, R. D. |author2=Vestjens, W. J. M. | year = 1984 | title = The Food of Australian Birds | publisher = Melbourne University Press | isbn = 0-643-05006-X | pages = 1:331; 2':238, 458}}</ref> Conservation status Subspecies nivea is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife, but subsp. uliginosa'' is classified as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia). References nivea Endemic flora of Western Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Taxa named by Jacques Labillardière Plants described in 1800