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Eremophila battii

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Eremophila battii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Eremophila battii F.Muell. var. battii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eremophila battii var. major J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pholidia battii (F.Muell.) Kraenzl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (15), Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 45 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 11 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.17 mm (1-3.5 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); oblanceolate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); recurved (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (2) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); birds (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.46 m (0.2-0.75 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Chinnock_20071015R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
SAH_2023911S. 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_202244S. 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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.