Heathy Bluebush,
Salt Bluebush
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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
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| Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
| Tintinara (NCP04) | | Near Threatened (Probable Increase) [needs salt] |
| Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern [likes embankments; localised; undercollected] |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern [likes embankments; undercollected] |
| Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
| Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limit of suitable habitat; edge of range; grows in samphire] |
| Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Least Concern |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Near Threatened |
| Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Near Threatened |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Least Concern |
| Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | | Near Threatened |
| Roxby (GAW07) | | Near Threatened [edge of range; undercollected; coastal sp.] |
| Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Least Concern [edge of range; fringes salt lakes] |
| Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Near Threatened |
| Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Yalata (NUL03) | | Least Concern |
| Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
| 2 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Near Threatened , Rare |
| Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern [likes embankments; localised; undercollected] |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern [likes embankments; undercollected] |
| 5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare |
| 6 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 2 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Kochia oppositifolia
Common names
Heathy Bluebush
Salt Bluebush
Etymology
'Maireana', after the 19th century French botanist, Adolphe Lemaire and oppositifolia from the Latin 'oppositus', meaning standing against or opposed and 'folium', meaning a leaf, referring to the leaves arranged opposite each other.
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
