Purple Goosefoot,
Starry Goosefoot
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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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Southern Flinders (FLB04) | Flinders Lofty Block | Data Deficient |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [ephemeral; grows on degraded areas] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Data Deficient |
South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA b) (Probable Decline) [clay soil dependent] |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Definite Decline) [grazed; restricted] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Data Deficient [clay soil dependent] |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Torrens (GAW06) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [ephemeral; grows on degraded areas] |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [ephemeral; grows on degraded areas] |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | Stony Plains | Near Threatened [ephemeral; grows on degraded areas] |
Baltana (STP07) | | Near Threatened [ephemeral; grows on degraded areas] |
2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable , Data Deficient |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Data Deficient |
3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Rare , Endangered |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Data Deficient [clay soil dependent] |
4 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Vulnerable |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [ephemeral; grows on degraded areas] |
2 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Near Threatened |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Blitum atriplicinum
Chenopodium atriplicinum
Common names
Purple Goosefoot
Starry Goosefoot
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray
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 | 41,000 (18.8 g) | 30 | 6-Oct-2010 | DJD1944 Lake Eyre | 1-Jan-2012 | 75% | -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.