Neverfail,
Purple 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
Display IBRA region text
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [edge of range; in Mann River] |
| Southern Flinders (FLB04) | Flinders Lofty Block | Critically Endangered (IUCN: CR D) (Probable Decline) |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [highly localised, around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Definite Decline) |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Definite Decline) |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: ) (Definite Decline) |
| Dieri (SSD03) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Data Deficient [questionable record] |
| Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| Witjira (STP06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Near Threatened [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| Everard Block (CER03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [edge of range; in Mann River] |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable , Critically Endangered |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Definite Decline) |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Definite Decline) |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: ) (Definite Decline) |
| Dieri (SSD03) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Data Deficient [questionable record] |
| 3 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Rare |
| Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Near Threatened [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
| 2 of 3 subregions | Central Ranges | Rare |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [around lagoons, creeks, river systems] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Eragrostis rankingii
Common names
Neverfail
Purple Love-grass
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, 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 | | BGA | 10,000 (1.39 g) | | 4-Apr-2007 | RJB71144
Eastern | 1-Aug-2007 | 100% | +5°C, -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.
