Eriocaulon wolseleyi

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Family Eriocaulaceae

Taxonomy: Eriocaulon wolseleyi G.J.Leach

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Eriocaulon sp. Bulimba (R.Lovatt R215) G.J.Leach (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (15), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 28 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): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 22.5 mm (20-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.25 mm (0.25-0.25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.2-0.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.08 m (0.07-0.08 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	15	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	6	7	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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.
NTH_2022	2	2	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.