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Occurrence record: NSW1241912

Preserved specimen of Indigofera australis Willd. | Australian Indigo recorded on 2025-12-19
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource NSW AVH feed
Institution code The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
Supplied institution code "NSW"
Collection National Herbarium of New South Wales
Supplied collection code "NSW"
Catalog number NSW1241912
Occurrence ID NSW:NSW:NSW1241912
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Padgett, S.W.J. | Errington, G.
Record number 164
Reproductive condition fruits|seed
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Degree of establishment native
Establishment means native
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Locally frequent. Shrub to 2m H x 0.5m W 50-250 individuals across < 400 m2 Fruits mature, Seed dispersing. Seed from 18 plants. Healthy
Date identified 2025-12-19

Event

Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "2025-12-19"
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Indigofera australis
Supplied scientific name "Indigofera australis Willd."
Identified to rank species
Common name Australian Indigo
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Indigofera
Species Indigofera australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Willd.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality About 300m up Thunderbolts Cave Road off New England Highway, in trackside scrub.
Habitat
Supplied as "Dry eucalypt forest and woodland. Slope, West aspect. Bursaria spinosa, Acacia implexa, Acacia dealbata, Dipodium punctatum, Hardenbergia violaceae, Eucalyptus sp, Eucalyptus sp, Chrysocephalum sp. On yellow clay."
Latitude -30.335663
Supplied as: "-30.3356627"
Longitude 151.66793
Supplied as: "151.6679304"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system decimal degrees
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5.0
Georeference sources GPS
County Northern Tablelands
Terrestrial true
Elevation 1229 m
Verbatim latitude 30.3356627 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151.6679304 E
Verbatim SRS EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinates 30.3356627 S, 151.6679304 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) New England Tablelands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Armidale Plateau
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Tablelands
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Northern Tablelands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Tablelands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Armidale Plateau
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACLEAY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Armidale
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Armidale
    Indigenous Regions 2021 North-Eastern NSW
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 New England
    Electorates March 2025 New England
    Local Government Areas 2011 Armidale Dumaresq (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Armidale Dumaresq Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ARMIDALE REGIONAL COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Northern Tablelands
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 15
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1753
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ARMIDALE REGION - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ARMIDALE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEW ENGLAND AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEW ENGLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ARMIDALE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ARMIDALE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN TABLELANDS
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Northern Tablelands
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Armidale Surrounds - North
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Local Government Areas 2023 Armidale
    Postal Areas 2021 2365
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 11001118708
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Armidale Surrounds - North
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Armidale
    Statistical Areas Level 4 New England and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 New England North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2833.0 frequency
    Species Richness 710.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 799.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 129.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 303.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 305.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 27.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.63
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 824.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 148.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 45.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 148.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 32.2732 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 298.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 109.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 300.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 24.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 0.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 6.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 6.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.41873 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 485.97293
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 18.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 17.033333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.77
    Elevation 1238.0 m