Sand Phebalium,
Silvery Phebalium
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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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Tintinara (NCP04) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Data Deficient |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Least Concern |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Tintinara (NCP04) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
4 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Endangered |
4 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare , Data Deficient |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
2 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 2
Prior names
Phebalium sedifolium, partly
Common names
Sand Phebalium
Silvery Phebalium
Etymology
Greek 'phibalee' a kind of myrtle and 'bullatum' knobbly, puckered
Distribution and status
Grows on sandy soils in mallee scrub. Native
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, South Eastern
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Shrub to 2m. Leaves narrowly oblong; 6-12 x 1.5-2 mm; upper surface glabrous, lower surface silvery-scaly. Inflorescence yellow, terminal, sessile in a 1-8-flowered umbel-like cluster. Flowering August - October. Fruits are cocci approximately 3 mm high;, apex rounded, scaly. Seeds are seeds 2-2.5 mm long, finely corrugated, black.
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | MSB | 1,200 (1.74 g) | 100+ | 12-Nov-2006 | DJD688 Murray | | | |
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.