Plants of
South Australia
Glyceria australis
Poaceae
Manna Grass,
Australian Sweet-grass
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Adelaide
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Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
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Keith
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 5

Prior names

Glyceria fluitans

Common names

Manna Grass

Australian Sweet-grass

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Kangaroo Island, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
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
8,100 (13.5 g)
8,100 (13.5 g)
5023-Nov-2007RJB75999
South Eastern
19-Sep-200895%-18°C
BGA1,000 (1.39 g)20+9-Jan-2012KHB654
Northern Lofty
1-Jan-201630%-18°C
BGA7,500 (14.08 g)100+16-Dec-2015JRG264
Kangaroo Island
2-May-201780%-18°C
BGA3,600 (11.31 g)5011-Dec-2018DJD3833
South Eastern
24-Apr-2019100%-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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