Small Spike-sedge,
Small Spike-rush
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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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Lucindale (NCP03) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Vulnerable (IUCN: ) |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Near Threatened [brought in by birds into reservoirs] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened [brought in by birds into reservoirs] |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) [needs floods] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern [needs floods] |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Witjira (STP06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Coongie (CHC06) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Lucindale (NCP03) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Near Threatened , Vulnerable |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened [brought in by birds into reservoirs] |
3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Rare , Vulnerable |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern [needs floods] |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
2 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Rare |
Coongie (CHC06) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [short-lived; undercollected] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 10
Prior names
Eleocharis acicularis
Heleocharis acicularis, orth.var.
Eleocharis acicularis
Common names
Small Spike-sedge
Small Spike-rush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)