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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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Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Data Deficient [ID problem] |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [taxonomic changes, can be T. compacta] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern |
Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Least Concern |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [doubtful ID; old record] |
Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Kintore (GVD04) | | Least Concern |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Least Concern |
Yalata (NUL03) | Nullarbor | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [limited habitat] |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Peake-Dennison Inlier (STP04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Watarru (CER02) | | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | | Least Concern |
Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Least Concern |
6 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare , Data Deficient |
4 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Rare |
4 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Rare |
4 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Rare |
Yalata (NUL03) | Nullarbor | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [limited habitat] |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
2 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Rare |
3 of 3 subregions | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Triodia aristata
Common names
Porcupine Grass
Spinifex
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Southern Lofty
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, South Australian Arid Lands
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA MSB | 45,700 (128 g) 45,700 (128 g) | 100+ | 3-Nov-2005 | DJD179 Gairdner-Torrens | 9-Aug-2006 | 45% | -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.