Oval Sea-wrack,
Paddle Weed
Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
Display IBRA region text
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern [common; perennial; freshwater spp] |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [occurs in tidal flats] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [can find in estuaries in intertidal areas; coloniser; only in Onkaparinga estuary] |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern [Perennial, short lived, fast growing] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern [Common, perennial] |
Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern [Common, perennial] |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern [Common, perennial] |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern [Common, perennial] |
Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Least Concern [No records but occurs here] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Halophila ovalis
Halophila ovalis ssp. australis
Halophila ovalis, partly
Common names
Oval Sea-wrack
Paddle Weed
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Northern and Yorke, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)