Early Spring Grass,
Perennial Cupgrass
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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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Broughton (FLB02) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Braemer (MDD07) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Increase) [southern limit] |
Torrens (GAW06) | | Least Concern |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Least Concern [common on roadsides] |
Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Barrier Range Outwash (BHC04) | | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Curnamona (BHC06) | | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Dieri (SSD03) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
Warriner (SSD04) | | Least Concern |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | | Least Concern |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern [common on roadsides] |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Least Concern |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Least Concern [common on roadsides] |
Macumba (STP05) | | Least Concern |
Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern |
Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern [common on roadsides] |
Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Diamantina-Eyre (CHC04) | | Least Concern |
Coongie (CHC06) | | Least Concern |
3 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
Braemer (MDD07) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern (Probable Increase) [mostly on roadsides] |
3 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Rare |
3 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
3 of 4 subregions | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
6 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
3 of 4 subregions | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 4
Prior names
Eriochloa pseudoacroticha, orth.var.
Eriochloa ramosa var. pseudoacrotricha
Eriochloa punctata var. acrotricha
Common names
Early Spring Grass
Perennial Cupgrass
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, 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 | 12,500 (9.5 g) 12,500 (9.5 g) | 25 | 3-Apr-2007 | RJB71330 Eastern | 1-Aug-2007 | 35% | -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.