Plants of
South Australia
Kippistia suaedifolia
Asteraceae
Fleshy Minuria,
Fleshy Kippistia
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Kath Alcock paintings: 2

Prior names

Minuria suaedifolia

Common names

Fleshy Minuria

Fleshy Kippistia

Etymology

Kippistia name after Richard Kippist (1812�1882), a librarian of the Linnean Society of London from 1840-1880. Suaedifolia from the genus Suaeda (seepweeds and seablites) and the Latin 'folium' meaning leaf; alluding to the species having Suaeda-like leaves.

Distribution and status

A gypsophile species scattered across much of South Australia, generally growing on mounds on the margins of salt lakes or clay pans on powdery gypseous soils. Also found in all mainland states. Native. Common in South Australia. Very rare in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Uncommon in Northern Territory. Common in Western Australia.
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Yorke Peninsula
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Plant description

Compact dwarf shrub to 60 cm high with erect, wiry, much-branched stems. Leaves linear, entire, terete, to 24 mm long and less than 1 mm wide, glabrous, semisucculent. Flowers at terminal of stem with a single yellow daisy flower. Flowering between August and October. Fruits are yellow-brown daisy-head. Seeds are purple to brown ovoid seed to 1 mm long and 0.5 mm wide. Seed embryo type is spatulate fully developed.

Seed collection and propagation

Collect seeds between September and October. Collect mature daisy heads that are starting to dry off, should easily come off by hand. Place the heads in a tray for a week to dry. Then rub the heads gently with your hands to dislodge the seeds. Viable seeds will be round and hard. Store the seeds with a desiccant such as dried silica beads or dry rice, in an air tight container in a cool and dry place. From two collections, the seed viability were high, at 100%. Seeds are non-dormant, viable seed should germinate readily.

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)		Number
of plants		Date
collected		Collection number
Collection location		Date
stored		% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA 
MSB		15,000 (1.44 g)
15,000 (1.44 g)		50+18-Oct-2006DES17269
Yorke Peninsula		1-Aug-2007100%-18°C
BGA2,000 (0.11 g)2019-Sep-2009DJD1594
Gairdner-Torrens		1-Jun-2010100%-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.
We acknowledge the contributions of the South Australian Seed Conservation Centre, the Botanic Gardens of South Australia, and the Department for Environment and Water.