Epacris graniticola
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Epacris graniticola Crowden
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Epacris aff. exserta (Mt Cameron) (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris aff. exserta Mt Cameron (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris aff. virgata 'graniticola' (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris aff. virgata 'graniticola' (D.Keith HO322110) (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris sp. (Mt Cameron) (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris sp. Graniticola (A.Moscal 4210) Crowden (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris sp. aff. exserta (Mt Cameron) (taxonomic synonym)
- Epacris sp. aff. virgata graniticola (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), SPRAT_2025_2 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 21 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (2-5.5 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.1 mm (1.3-2.9 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- lifespan (numerical): 35 a (30-40 a) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.05 mg (0.05-0.05 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 10 | 13 | 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.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. |