Plants of
South Australia
Malacocera tricornis
Amaranthaceae
Three-horned Saltbush,
Goat-head Soft-horns
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Adelaide
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Coober Pedy
Hawker
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Marla
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Wudinna
Keith
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 2

Prior names

Chenolea tricornis

Bassia tricornis

Common names

Three-horned Saltbush

Goat-head Soft-horns

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray
NRM regions: Eyre Peninsula, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA 
MSB
4,400 (29.78 g)
4,400 (29.78 g)
100+22-Oct-2008MJT162
Eastern
20-Jul-200995%-18°C
BGA6,800 (53.92 g)50+22-Oct-2016JRG526
Lake Eyre
1-Nov-201775%-18°C
BGA11,000 (31.28 g)50+20-Sep-2016DJD3434
Lake Eyre
1-Nov-201795%-18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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