Dark Sago-weed,
Dark Plantain
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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 | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii); D2) (Probable Decline) [margins of distribution; relictual; 1 known pop on coast] |
| Broughton (FLB02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i)) |
| Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern |
| Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern [dry area species] |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
| Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
| South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern |
| Braemer (MDD07) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [not typical habitat] |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
| Barrier Range Outwash (BHC04) | | Least Concern |
| Bimbowrie (BHC05) | | Least Concern |
| Curnamona (BHC06) | | Least Concern |
| Simpson Desert (SSD02) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
| Dieri (SSD03) | | Least Concern |
| Warriner (SSD04) | | 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 |
| Macumba (STP05) | | Least Concern |
| Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern |
| Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern |
| Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Least Concern |
| Diamantina-Eyre (CHC04) | | Least Concern |
| Coongie (CHC06) | | Least Concern |
| Lake Pure (CHC07) | | Least Concern |
| Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Everard Block (CER03) | | Least Concern |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Least Concern |
| 6 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare , Vulnerable |
| 4 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| 3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [not typical habitat] |
| 7 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern |
| 3 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
| 2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| 4 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
| 4 of 4 subregions | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
| 7 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
| 4 of 4 subregions | Channel Country | Least Concern |
| 2 of 3 subregions | Central Ranges | Least Concern , Rare |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 6
Common names
Dark Sago-weed
Dark Plantain
Etymology
Drummondii named after James Drummond (1786-1863), a Scottish born botanist and naturalist who was the curator of the government gardens in Cork, Ireland and an early settler in Western Australia.
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Southern Lofty, Green Adelaide
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 | 77,400 (88.69 g)
77,400 (88.69 g) | 100+ | 22-Oct-2004 | MOL4536
Gairdner-Torrens | 28-Mar-2006 | 100% | -18°C |
| BGA | 10,700 (10.22 g) | 50+ | 25-Sep-2008 | MJT183
Lake Eyre | 20-Jul-2009 | 100% | -18°C |
BGA
MSB | 5,900 (5.59 g)
5,900 (5.59 g) | | 28-Sep-2008 | DJD1225
Lake Eyre | 20-Jul-2009 | 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.
