Hill Button-bush,
Scented Button-bush
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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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Broughton (FLB02) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [southern limit] |
Braemer (MDD07) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern [found in rocks & gorges] |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern [found in rocks & gorges] |
Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Least Concern [found in rocks & gorges] |
Kintore (GVD04) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [southern limit] |
Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Curnamona (BHC06) | | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Near Threatened [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Near Threatened [edge of range] |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Watarru (CER02) | | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Everard Block (CER03) | | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
2 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Rare |
Braemer (MDD07) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern [Likes rocky hills] |
3 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern |
3 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Rare |
3 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
3 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
3 of 3 subregions | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Least Concern [likes small rocky outcrops] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Helichrysum semicalvum
Leptorhynchos ambiguus
Chrysocephalum ambiguum
Helichrysum ambiguum
Chrysocephalum semicalvum ssp. semicalvum
Common names
Hill Button-bush
Scented Button-bush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula
NRM regions: Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, South Australian Arid Lands
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 MSB | 16,400 (1.48 g) 16,400 (1.48 g) | | 2-Nov-2005 | DJD169 | 14-Sep-2006 | 65% | -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.