Eremophila weldii

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Taxonomy: Eremophila weldii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Bondtia weldii Kuntze (orthographic variant)
Bontia weldii (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Pholidia weldii (F.Muell.) Kraenzl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Chinnock_2007 (8), Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (14), 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 23 traits from 45 records in 11 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

fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 6.88 mm (2.5-12.5 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.5-3.5 mm) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Chinnock_2007]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1); 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): compact (1); erect (1); open (1); prostrate (1) [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): nnyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.14 m (0.1-1.8 m) [sources: Chinnock_2007; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	10	14	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/.
Chinnock_2007	6	8	R. J. Chinnock. Eremophila and allied genera: A monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. Rosenberg, 2007. ISBN: 9781877058165.
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/.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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_2006	2	2	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.
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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.