Eriocaulon nanum

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Family Eriocaulaceae

Taxonomy: Eriocaulon nanum R.Br.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eriocaulon pallidum R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (18), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (8), Wenk_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 47 records in 6 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): monoecious (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (10-65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.89 mm (0.75-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.35-0.45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.27 mm (0.24-0.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.09 m (0.02-0.16 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	8	12	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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	8	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	4	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.