Occurrence record: Observations:47925339
Dataset
Data resource | iNaturalist Australia |
Institution code | Supplied institution code "iNaturalist" |
Collection | Supplied collection code "Observations" |
Catalog number | 47925339 |
Occurrence ID | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47925339 |
Record type |
Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation" |
Collector | David Spencer Muirhead |
User | davemmdave |
License | CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int) Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
Rights holder | David Spencer Muirhead |
Presence/Absence | PRESENT |
Occurrence remarks | I'm not confident( e.g. another option is Atriplex polycarpa), but you can see some typical Rhagodia-type flowering parts in the photos. (Also I must say that it is not unusual to find several morphologically superficially similar spiny woody perennial natives coexisting in a single dense ,drab,thorny clump or low thicket, especially as understory beneath mature mallee gums,making differentiation even harder using camera only). *Footnote Comment not directly applicable to the above observation, but relevance is apparent if you read on:- I'm struggling ++ with the various types of *'Tree Violet '.Till this recent sorty in western South Australia I thought there was only one 'true ' tree violet species in S.A. and I wasn't sure if I'd ever seen even one example. Now I THINK I saw many such plants along the way. I had already learned to differentiate between several very similar thorny generally drab woody shrubs common in the areas concerned ,notably Scaevola spinosa and Lycium australe. (And even Nitraria billardieria can occasionally overlap in gross appearance especially if hard grown,tending depauperate and lacking fruits etc ).I've long been aware that persons engaged in the control of feral olives need to avoid accidentally killing Tree Violet thorny shrubs and subshrubs because they can also be mistaken for feral Olea europea. The above suggested taxon level ID of Rhagodia spinescens ,whether correct or not, now seems to me to be yet another spiny ,woody perennial native shrub to subshrub which could be confused with at least one of the 'true' tree violet taxa occurring in this State, and the distributions for most, probably all the above overlap significantly. |
Identification verification status | needs_id |
Event
Dataset / Survey name | iNaturalist observations |
Occurrence date |
2020-05-25
Supplied date "2020-05-25T12:54:00+09:30" |
Verbatim event date | 2020/05/25 12:54 PM ACST |
Date precision | DAY |
Event time | 12:54:00+09:30 |
Taxonomy
Scientific name | Rhagodia spinescens |
Identified to rank | species |
Common name | Hedge Saltbush |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum |
Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta" |
Class |
Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida" |
Order | Caryophyllales |
Family |
Chenopodiaceae
Supplied as "Amaranthaceae" |
Genus | Rhagodia |
Species | Rhagodia spinescens |
Name match metric | exactMatch |
Scientific name authorship | R.Br. |
Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
Geospatial
Country | Australia |
State or Territory | South Australia |
Latitude |
-32.520277 Supplied as: "-32.520277" |
Longitude |
136.49136 Supplied as: "136.49136" |
Datum | EPSG:4326 |
Verbatim locality | Nonning SA , Australia |
Coordinate precision | Unknown |
Terrestrial | true |
Biome | TERRESTRIAL |
Marine | false |
Country Code | AU |
Additional properties
captive | wild |
Data quality tests
Test name | Result |
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid | Warning |
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