Blue Nineawn,
Blue Bottle-washers
Display all 8 images
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
Display IBRA region text
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Least Concern |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Least Concern [annual] |
Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Least Concern |
Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Kintore (GVD04) | | Least Concern |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Near Threatened |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Least Concern |
Carlisle (NUL01) | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | | Least Concern |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Near Threatened [limited habitat; edge of range] |
Peake-Dennison Inlier (STP04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Baltana (STP07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Watarru (CER02) | | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | | Least Concern |
2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
4 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Rare |
4 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
5 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
3 of 3 subregions | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Enneapogon caerulescens var. caerulescens
Pappophorum caerulescens
Common names
Blue Nineawn
Blue Bottle-washers
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray
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 | MSB | 13,600 (12.5 g) | 30+ | 6-May-2007 | RJB71494 Flinders Ranges | | | |
BGA MSB | 11,500 (6.9 g) 11,500 (6.9 g) | 50+ | 17-Mar-2007 | RJB70864 Gairdner-Torrens | 1-Aug-2007 | 65% | -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.