Echium simplex
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Family Boraginaceae
Taxonomy: Echium simplex DC.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 19 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 180 mm (60-300 mm) [sources: SAH_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (15-60 mm) [sources: SAH_2014]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered_basal (1); scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): biennial (2); perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (1) [sources: SAH_2022; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 8 | 8 | 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/. |
| SAH_2014 | 2 | 4 | J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986. |
| SAH_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |