AusTraits

Euphorbia heterophylla

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Euphorbia heterophylla L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (20), 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 18 traits from 33 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.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (25-120 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (5-50 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.25 cm (0.5-4 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.35 m (0.4-2 m) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231420D. 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/.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.