Plants of
South Australia
Maireana excavata
Amaranthaceae
Bottle Bluebush,
Bottle Fissure-plant
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 2

Prior names

Kochia villosa var. humilis

Kochia tomentosa var. humilis

Kochia humillima

Kochia excavata

Common names

Bottle Bluebush

Bottle Fissure-plant

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray
NRM regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

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
1,600 (17.46 g)
1,600 (17.46 g)
100+29-Oct-2008MJT216
Northern Lofty
20-Jul-200990%-18°C
BGA1,100 (8.69 g)40+24-Nov-2017JRG601
Northern Lofty
30-Jun-201870%-18°C
BGA4,900 (39.29 g)50+9-Nov-2018JRG601
Northern Lofty
24-Apr-2019100%-18°C, -80°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.