Choretrum spicatum subsp. spicatum
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Family Santalaceae
Taxonomy: Choretrum spicatum F.Muell. subsp. spicatum
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: SPRAT_2025_2 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 15 records in 3 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1.65 mm (1.3-2 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.55 mm (0.5-0.6 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- parasitic (categorical): hemiparasitic (1); root_parasitic (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- pollination_system (categorical): bird (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.15 m (0.8-1.5 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 9 | 12 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |