Thick-head Glasswort,
Thick-head Samphire
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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 | Least Concern |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [introduced by birds due to increased salinity] |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limited habitat] |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limited habitat; Newland Head, Deep Ck] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limited habitat; grows on cliff-tops; only in Onkaparinga Gorge] |
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 Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Yalata (NUL03) | Nullarbor | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [no records (in IMCRA)] |
Warriner (SSD04) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Near Threatened [limited habitat; around bores] |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | | Near Threatened [limited habitat; undercollected] |
Baltana (STP07) | Stony Plains | Near Threatened [limited habitat; could be introduced, found around bores] |
3 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Rare |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Least Concern , Rare |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limited habitat; grows on cliff-tops; only in Onkaparinga Gorge] |
5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Yalata (NUL03) | Nullarbor | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [no records (in IMCRA)] |
2 of 4 subregions | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Near Threatened |
Baltana (STP07) | Stony Plains | Near Threatened [limited habitat; could be introduced, found around bores] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 9
Prior names
Sarcocornia blackiana
Salicornia pachystachya
Common names
Thick-head Glasswort
Thick-head Samphire
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
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 | 27,000 (6.4 g) | 100+ | 17-Jan-2007 | DJD748 Yorke Peninsula | 1-Aug-2007 | 95% | -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.