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Euphorbia hyssopifolia

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Euphorbia hyssopifolia L.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Chamaesyce hyssopifolia (L.) Small (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Chamaesyce nutans (Lag.) Small (misapplied)
  • Chamaesyce preslii (Guss.) Arthur (misapplied)
  • Euphorbia nutans Lag. (misapplied)
  • Euphorbia preslii Guss. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (17), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 51 records in 8 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); mericarp (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 19 mm (5-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (2-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.15 cm (0.1-0.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): oblique (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); subshrub (1) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.05 mm (0.9-1.2 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.7 m (0.6-0.8 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231317N. 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/.
NTH_20231216D. 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/.
NHNSW_202255N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ATRP_202033F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
NTH_202233D. 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_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.