Variable 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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Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Near Threatened |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Near Threatened |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Data Deficient [(no records) needs checking] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Near Threatened |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i)) |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [grows rocky outcrops & hilltops; climate sensitive, edge of range] |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
St Vincent (EYB02) | | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR C2a(i); D) (Probable Decline) |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Talia (EYB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Wimmera (MDD05) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Near Threatened , Rare |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Near Threatened , Data Deficient |
5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Rare , Critically Endangered |
Wimmera (MDD05) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Plantago aff. debilis R.Br., partly
Common names
Variable Plantain
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, 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 | 2,600 (0.81 g) 2,600 (0.81 g) | | 15-Dec-2005 | DJD330 Gairdner-Torrens | 8-Aug-2006 | 100% | -18°C |
BGA | 23,000 (21.55 g) | | 15-Oct-2007 | RJB74855 Northern Lofty | 19-Sep-2008 | 95% | -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.