Plants of
South Australia
Rytidosperma tenuius
Poaceae
Purplish Wallaby-grass,
Short-awn Wallaby-grass
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Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
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Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 4

Prior names

Austrodanthonia tenuior

Plinthanthesis tenuior

Notodanthonia tenuior

Notodanthonia purpurascens

Danthonia purpurascens

Danthonia semiannularis var. browniana

Danthonia tenuior, partly

Common names

Purplish Wallaby-grass

Short-awn Wallaby-grass

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Northern Lofty, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australian Arid Lands, 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
5,400 (5.26 g)
5,400 (5.26 g)
100+25-Jan-2004SMK60
Southern Lofty
14-Aug-200670%+5°C, -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.