Spongy-fruit 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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| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) [southern limit] |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | | Least Concern |
| Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Torrens (GAW06) | | Near Threatened [tolerates disturbance] |
| Roxby (GAW07) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Tallaringa (GVD05) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Macumba (STP05) | | Near Threatened [tolerates disturbance] |
| Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Coongie (CHC06) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
| Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
| 6 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
| 2 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Rare |
| 6 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 2 of 4 subregions | Channel Country | Least Concern |
| Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Kochia spongiocarpa
Common names
Spongy-fruit Bluebush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
| Location | No. of seeds
(weight grams) | Number
of plants | Date
collected | Collection number
Collection location | Date
stored | % Viability | Storage
temperature | BGA
MSB | 4,500 (97 g)
4,500 (97 g) | 100+ | 18-Oct-2016 | DJD3506
Lake Eyre | 1-Nov-2017 | 100% | -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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| Date | Result | T0 | T50 | Pre-treatment | Germination medium | Incubator: Photoperiod / Thermoperiod |
| May-17 | 97% | 7 | 7 |
250 mg/L gibberellic acid for 24 h;
1% agar;
Incubated under winter conditions |
| May-17 | 90% | 7 | 7 |
1% agar;
Incubated under winter conditions |
Result: Maximum percentage of germination observed.
T0: Number of days before first germinant observed.
T50: Number of days to achieve 50% germination.
Pre-treatment: The initial treatment that the seeds received prior to placement on germination media.
Germination medium: The substrate that seeds were placed on for the duration of the germination experiment.
Incubator conditions:
Photoperiod: The duration of light exposure that the seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Thermoperiod: The constant or diurnal temperatures that seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Winter conditions: 15°C 20 h (3am→11pm); 5°C 4 h (11pm→3am) / 10 h light (8am→6pm); 14 h dark (6pm→8am)
Spring/Autumn conditions: 22°C 12 h (8am→8pm); 10°C 12 h (8pm→8am) / 12 h light (8am→8pm); 12 h dark (8pm→8am)
Summer conditions: 30°C 14 h (6am→8pm); 15°C 10 h (8pm→6am) / 14 h light (6am→8pm); 10 h dark (8pm→6am)
