Plants of
South Australia
Festuca benthamiana
Poaceae
Bentham's Fescue
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Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
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Oodnadatta
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Keith
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Prior names

Festuca duriuscula var. aristata

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Southern Lofty, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula
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
BGA1,400 (3.48 g)5013-Dec-2007RJB76272
Flinders Ranges
19-Sep-200820%-18°C
BGA2,700 (6.46 g)200+17-Jan-2008KHB204
Flinders Ranges
1-Jan-201284%-18°C
BGA860 (2.55 g)14-Feb-2011KHB204
Flinders Ranges
7-Jul-20221%-18°C
BGA13,000 (41.750 g)50+1-Dec-2022KHB204
Flinders Ranges
20-Jun-202385%-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.