Stout Velleia,
Cup Velleia
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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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| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [limited habitat] |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [Wilpena Pd; limited habitat] |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
| South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
| Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [edge of range] |
| Braemer (MDD07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [comes up after fire] |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Kintore (GVD04) | | Near Threatened [comes up after fire; undercollected] |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Least Concern |
| Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Near Threatened [comes up after fire; undercollected] |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable |
| 2 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| 4 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Rare , Vulnerable , Endangered |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| 2 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Rare |
| 3 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
| Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Near Threatened [comes up after fire; undercollected] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Velleia connata
Velleia helmsii
Common names
Stout Velleia
Cup Velleia
Etymology
Goodenia named after Samuel Goodenough (1743-1827), an Bishop of Carlisle, an amateur botanist and collector and vice-president of the Royal Society (formally Velleia named after Thomas Velley (1748-1806), an English botanist). Connata meaning fused together; referring to the fused bracteoles around the flower.
Distribution and status
Discontinuous distribution from the far north-west to the south-east in South Australia, often growing in drier grassland, mulga and mallee communities on sandy soils. Also found in all mainly States. Native. Common in South Australia. Rare in Victoria. Common in the other states.
Herbarium regions: North Western, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Murray
NRM regions: Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Annual herb to 90cm high. Leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, denticulate to lyrate-pinnatipartite, green, glabrous, to 20 cm long and 8 cm wide forming a rosette. Inflorescence a scape to 60 cm high, bracteoles fused into a cup. Flower yellow, brown-yellow or white to pink, often with mauve markings. Flowering between September and January. Fruits are brown compressed-ovoid, 4-valved capsule to 8 mm long, glabrous or subglabrous with a minute mucro. Seeds are brown, flat, broad-elliptic to orbicular seed to 6 mm in diameter, with a pointy end and wing around the margin. Seed embryo type is spatulate fully developed.
Seed collection and propagation
Collect seeds between November and February. Collect pods that are maturing, turning brown, easily split open and with brown seeds inside. Place the pods in a tray and leave to dry for a week. Then rub the pods with your hands to dislodge the seeds. Use a sieve to separate the unwanted material. 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 one collection, the seed viability was high, at 100%.
Germination table:
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| Date | Result | T0 | T50 | Pre-treatment | Germination medium | Incubator: Photoperiod / Thermoperiod |
| May-11 | 12% | 21 | NA |
1% agar with 250 mg/L gibberellic acid (pH 6.5);
Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
| May-11 | 2% | 63 | NA |
1% agar with 250 mg/L gibberellic acid (pH 6.5);
Incubated under winter conditions |
| May-11 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar with 100 mg/L potassium nitrate;
Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
| May-11 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar with 100 mg/L potassium nitrate;
Incubated under winter conditions |
| May-11 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar;
Incubated under spring/autumn conditions |
| May-11 | 0% | NA | NA |
1% agar;
Incubated under winter conditions |
Result: Maximum percentage of germination observed.
T0: Number of days before first germinant observed.
T50: Number of days to achieve 50% germination.
Pre-treatment: The initial treatment that the seeds received prior to placement on germination media.
Germination medium: The substrate that seeds were placed on for the duration of the germination experiment.
Incubator conditions:
Photoperiod: The duration of light exposure that the seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Thermoperiod: The constant or diurnal temperatures that seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Winter conditions: 15°C 20 h (3am→11pm); 5°C 4 h (11pm→3am) / 10 h light (8am→6pm); 14 h dark (6pm→8am)
Spring/Autumn conditions: 22°C 12 h (8am→8pm); 10°C 12 h (8pm→8am) / 12 h light (8am→8pm); 12 h dark (8pm→8am)
Summer conditions: 30°C 14 h (6am→8pm); 15°C 10 h (8pm→6am) / 14 h light (6am→8pm); 10 h dark (8pm→6am)
