Clerodendrum tomentosum var. tomentosum

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Clerodendrum tomentosum (Vent.) R.Br. var. tomentosum

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Clerodendron huegelii Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Clerodendron tomentosum var. typicum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Clerodendrum floribundum var. medium (R.Br.) Moldenke (taxonomic synonym)
Clerodendrum huegelii Regel (taxonomic synonym)
Clerodendrum medium R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Clerodendrum ovatum R.Br. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Clerodendrum tomentosum var. typicum Domin (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (2), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 9 traits from 16 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2); epicormic_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3.1 m (1.2-5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.