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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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Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Least Concern |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Least Concern |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern [climate sensitive] |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern [climate sensitive] |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
St Vincent (EYB02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Near Threatened [likes damp soil] |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern [likes damp soil] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Near Threatened |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Near Threatened [likes damp soil] |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Near Threatened |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [likes damp soil] |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [grazed] |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [grazed] |
Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range; limited habitat] |
4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Rare |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
6 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare |
5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Vulnerable |
5 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [likes damp soil] |
2 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Rare |
2 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Rare |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range; limited habitat] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 5
Common names
Native Flax
Wild Flax
Etymology
Linum, a Latin name for the cultivated flax (Linum usitatissimum). Marginalis, from the Medieval Latin 'marginalis', meaning of the margin;
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
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 | 6,200 (3.1 g) 6,200 (3.1 g) | 100+ | 1-Dec-2004 | DJD58 South Eastern | 28-Mar-2006 | 100% | -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.