Eryngium paludosum
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Family Apiaceae
Taxonomy: Eryngium paludosum (C.Moore) P.W.Michael
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eryngium rostratum var. paludosum C.Moore (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eryngium plantagineum F.Muell. (misapplied)
- Eryngium plantagineum F.Muell. (pro parte misapplied)
- Eryngium supinum J.M.Black (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (6), NHNSW_2024 (8), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 57 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2.5-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 305 mm (70-450 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1); scale (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); biennial (2); perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); mammals (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnyyyy (1); yynnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.99 mg (1.99-1.99 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 20 | 20 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 8 | 9 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 6 | 8 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 6 | 6 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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 | 3 | 3 | 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. |