Lazarum johnsonianum

This species is found in the Arnhem Land tropical savanna ecoregion which is considered to be "relatively stable/intact". The area around Darwin is increasingly being developed for agriculture. Overgrazing, mining, fire, and introduced feral species such as swamp buffalo are all causes for concern. Although the Black Jungle Reserve is only about 40 km from Darwin and 25 km from Palmerston, it is well managed and the population of this species is not likely to be threatened by the processes above.

The species is found in the Black Jungle Conservation Reserve, which covers an area of 360 ha and is managed by the Northern Territory Government and the Northern Land Council. This species is in cultivation at the Darwin Botanic Gardens. Seed of the species has not yet been collected by the Millennium Seed Bank project.

This species has been assessed as "2KCi" using ROTAP codes (Hay and Taylor 1996):
2 - Geographic range in Australia less than 100 km
K - Poorly known, taxon that is suspected, but not definitely known, to belong to a threatened category; at present accurate field distribution information is inadequate
C - Reserved, indicates taxon has at least one population within a natural park, other proclaimed conservation reserve or in an area otherwise dedicated for the protection of flora; the taxon may or may not be considered adequately conserved within the reserve, as reflected by the conservation status assigned to it
i - less than 1,000 plants are known to occur within a conservation reserve