Small Mat-rush,
Sword Mat-rush
Display all 5 images
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
Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Near Threatened |
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Near Threatened |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Near Threatened |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [needs rainfall] |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D1+2) [in a roadside reserve near Birchmore, in narrow-leaf woodland; aslo at Cape Borda; disjunct pops/outliers] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Near Threatened |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA ab) (Definite Decline) |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | Eyre Yorke Block | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [edge of range] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [higher rainfall spp] |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Near Threatened [stronghold in SE] |
Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Near Threatened |
4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Near Threatened , Rare |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Near Threatened , Vulnerable |
2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | Eyre Yorke Block | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) |
4 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Near Threatened , Rare , Vulnerable |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 23
Prior names
Xerotes sororia
Common names
Small Mat-rush
Sword Mat-rush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)