Pentapogon quadrifidus var. quadrifidus
Poaceae
Five-awn Spear-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 | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) [undercollected ] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [needs good quality grassy woodlands] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(iii); D2) (Probable Decline) [needs good quality grassy woodlands] |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [unlikely record; re-idn if present; needs high rainfall] |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 13
Prior names
Pentapogon billardieri
Agrostis quadrifida
Common names
Five-awn Spear-grass
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: 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 | MSB | 6,500 (5.09 g) | 100+ | 6-Dec-2006 | TST129 South Eastern | | | |
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.