Crotalaria eremaea subsp. eremaea

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. subsp. eremaea

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Crotalaria dissitiflora var. eremaea (F.Muell.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Pentadynamis incana R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Crotalaria dissitiflora Benth. (misapplied)
Crotalaria dissitiflora var. eremaea (F.Muell.) Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Dong_2017 (8), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2023 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 63 records in 10 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 (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (15-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 29 mm (18-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3.15 cm (1.8-4.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 130.43 g/m2 (130.43-130.43 g/m2) [sources: Dong_2017]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyynn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 58.65 mg/g (58.65-58.65 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -24.8 {delta}[ppth] (-24.8--24.8 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 22.41 mg (22.41-22.41 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3.5-3.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	11	14	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Dong_2017	8	8	N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
ANBG_2019	1	5	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
SAH_2023	5	5	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.