Common Love-grass,
Bentham's Love-grass
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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 Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [tolerates disturbance] |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Near Threatened [tolerates disturbance] |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Least Concern [tolerates disturbance] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) [likes damp soils; fluctuates; threatened by land-use change & drying] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened [likes damp soils; fluctuates] |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [restricted habitat] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Regionally Extinct [presumed extinct] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [found in damp areas around swamps] |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [in Bangham CP] |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range; tolerates disturbance] |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR D) (Probable Decline) [needs regular floods] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 13
Prior names
Eragrostis benthamii
Eragrostis rara
Eragrostis philippica
Eragrostis brownii var. patens
Poa polymorpha
Poa brownii
Common names
Common Love-grass
Bentham's Love-grass
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Eastern, Northern Lofty, Murray, 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 | 12,200 (0.95 g) | | 1-Feb-2007 | RJB71298B Southern Lofty | 1-Aug-2007 | 100% | -18°C |
BGA MSB | 38,000 (4.5 g) 38,000 (4.5 g) | 50 | 4-Apr-2007 | RJB71422 Eastern | 1-Aug-2007 | 100% | +5°C, -18°C |
MSB | 5,000 (2.12 g) | 40 | 12-Dec-2007 | TST278 South Eastern | | 80% | |
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.