Plants of
South Australia
Rytidosperma pilosum
Poaceae
Hairy Wallaby-grass,
Velvet Wallaby-grass
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 11

Prior names

Austrodanthonia pilosa

Rytidosperma pilosum var. paleaceum

Danthonia pilosa var. paleacea

Notodanthonia pilosa var. pilosa

Danthonia pilosa

Common names

Hairy Wallaby-grass

Velvet Wallaby-grass

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
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
 
MSB

6,800 (6.44 g)
100+4-Dec-2006TST127
South Eastern
 
MSB

5,250 (6.85 g)
6-Jan-2007RJB70900
South Eastern
BGA 
MSB
5,600 (5.84 g)
5,600 (5.84 g)
10013-Dec-2007RJB76274
Flinders Ranges
1-Jan-201690%-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.
Germination table:
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