Mousetail
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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 Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Data Deficient [may be present in region; R Bates has seen near Nuriootpa] |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [habitat specific] |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [goats a threat; grows on flooded ground] |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Endangered (IUCN: EN D) (Probable Decline) [habitat specific] |
South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern [undercollected] |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [comes back after heavy rains] |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Torrens (GAW06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Curnamona (BHC06) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [habitat specific] |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [limited habitat] |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Near Threatened |
Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern |
Coongie (CHC06) | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
3 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare , Vulnerable , Data Deficient |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Endangered (IUCN: EN D) (Probable Decline) [habitat specific] |
2 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Endangered |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [comes back after heavy rains] |
3 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Rare |
Curnamona (BHC06) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [habitat specific] |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [limited habitat] |
4 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
Coongie (CHC06) | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Myosurus minimus
Myosurus minimus var. australis
Common names
Mousetail
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Yorke Peninsula
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 | 41,000 (4.02 g) 41,000 (4.02 g) | 100+ | 26-Sep-2007 | DJD865 Lake Eyre | 19-Sep-2008 | 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.