Platysace compressa, commonly known as tapeworm plant,[2] is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.

Platysace compressa is an erect, ascending or low-lying perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 0.15–1.2 m (5.9 in – 3 ft 11.2 in).

This species was first formally described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière who gave it the name Azorella compressa in his Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.

[4][5] In 1939, Cecil Norman transferred the species to the genus Platysace as P. compressa in the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign.

[7] Platysace compressa grows on coastal limestone and sand dunes, sometimes on granite hills and outcrops in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.