Prickly Fanflower,
Spiny Fanflower
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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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Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limestone sp ] |
Broughton (FLB02) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) |
St Vincent (EYB02) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
Talia (EYB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern |
Braemer (MDD07) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern |
Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Least Concern |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | | Least Concern |
Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Least Concern |
Torrens (GAW06) | | Least Concern |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Least Concern |
Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Least Concern |
Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Least Concern |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Least Concern |
Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
Yalata (NUL03) | | Least Concern |
Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Curnamona (BHC06) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Dieri (SSD03) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | | Least Concern |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Least Concern |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Least Concern |
Peake-Dennison Inlier (STP04) | | Least Concern |
Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern |
Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern |
Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Coongie (CHC06) | | Least Concern |
Lake Pure (CHC07) | | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
Pedirka (FIN04) | Finke | Least Concern |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [limestone sp ] |
5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare |
5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern |
8 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern |
3 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
2 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
2 of 4 subregions | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
6 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
3 of 4 subregions | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
Pedirka (FIN04) | Finke | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Scaevola spinescens var. rufa
Scaevola lycioides
Scaevola oleoides
Crossotoma spinescens
Pogonetes spinescens
Common names
Prickly Fanflower
Spiny Fanflower
Etymology
'Scaevola' left handed and 'spinescens' becoming spiny
Distribution and status
Found across South Australia except for Kangaroo Island, the South East and Southern Mt Lofty regions. Grows in drier areas usually on hillsides or stony sites.
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Rigid shrub to 2 m high. Leaves often clustered on branchlets, obovate to linear, 0.9�3.6 cm long, 1�6 mm wide, glabrous or finely tomentose. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, sepals fused into a rim 1 mm long, corolla 9�16 mm long, densely bearded inside with all simple hairs, white or cream occasionally with purple veins. Flowering most of the year. Fruits are fruit ovoid, 5�8 mm long, fleshy, glabrous, black or purplish Seed embryo type is straight
Seed collection and propagation
Seeds are best collected as they mature and fall from bush.
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA MSB | 8,100 (168.9 g) 8,100 (168.9 g) | 50 | 23-Oct-2004 | MOL4570 Gairdner-Torrens | 28-Mar-2006 | 80% | -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.