Common Wallaby-grass,
White-top
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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 | Least Concern |
| Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern |
| Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Least Concern |
| Lucindale (NCP03) | | Least Concern |
| Tintinara (NCP04) | | Least Concern |
| Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Least Concern |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
| Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern |
| Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern |
| Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern [likes road run-off] |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern [likes road run-off] |
| Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
| Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
| South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [lack of rainfall] |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Least Concern |
| Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Least Concern |
| Wimmera (MDD05) | | Least Concern |
| Braemer (MDD07) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern |
| Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Roxby (GAW07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [probably surviving in artificial habitats] |
| Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Least Concern |
| Carlisle (NUL01) | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | | Least Concern |
| Yalata (NUL03) | | Least Concern |
| Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
| Bimbowrie (BHC05) | | Least Concern |
| Curnamona (BHC06) | | Least Concern |
| Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [probably surviving in artificial habitats] |
| Baltana (STP07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [probably surviving in artificial habitats] |
| Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [outliers] |
| Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Least Concern |
| 4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern |
| 2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
| 6 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
| 5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
| 6 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) |
| 6 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Rare |
| 2 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Rare |
| 3 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| 3 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
| 2 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Rare |
| Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [outliers] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 16
Prior names
Austrodanthonia caespitosa
Notodanthonia caespitosa
Danthonia semiannularis
Danthonia caespitosa
Common names
Common Wallaby-grass
White-top
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens
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 (12.7 g)
12,500 (12.6 g) | 50+ | 9-Nov-2004 | MKJ44
Eyre Peninsula | 28-Mar-2006 | 100% | -18°C |
| BGA | 36,600 (39 g) | 100 | 25-Nov-2004 | DJD46
Yorke Peninsula | 28-Mar-2006 | 95% | -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.
