Leafless Currant-bush
Display all 11 images
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
Display IBRA region text
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Near Threatened |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Least Concern |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Least Concern |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Least Concern |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [concentrated in Barossa; outlier pop; roadsides and grazed remnants] |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D1+2) [edge of range] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Talia (EYB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Data Deficient |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [edge of range] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) |
Wimmera (MDD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
3 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Least Concern , Rare |
2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Vulnerable |
3 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare |
5 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Near Threatened , Rare , Data Deficient |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 13
Prior names
Leptomeria pungens
Common names
Leafless Currant-bush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern
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 | 720 (4 g) 1,120 (6.2 g) | | 19-Oct-2005 | MKJ88 Southern Lofty | 8-Aug-2006 | 95% | -18°C |
BGA | 320 (1.600 g) | | 2-Dec-2021 | DJD4083 Kangaroo Island | 7-Jul-2022 | 90% | -18°C |
BGA | 1,300 (6.580 g) | 52 | 30-Oct-2021 | DJD4113 Kangaroo Island | 7-Jul-2022 | 60% | -18°C |
BGA | 490 (2.440 g) | 85 | 26-Oct-2021 | DJD4114 Kangaroo Island | 7-Jul-2022 | 58% | -18°C |
BGA | 300 (1.550 g) | 9 | 31-Oct-2021 | D.A.Young Kangaroo Island | 7-Jul-2022 | 52% | -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.