Euphorbia parvicaruncula

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Euphorbia parvicaruncula D.C.Hassall

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

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Curtis_2012 (14), Draper_2023 (3), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_5 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (12), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (5), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 102 records in 18 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3); mericarp (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 205.36 mm2 (133-277.71 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991]
leaf_length (numerical): 27.35 mm (10-34.71 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.8 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; SAH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 17.13 mg (17.13-17.13 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.6 cm (0.5-0.7 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 61.96 g/m2 (61.96-61.96 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.18 g/g (0.18-0.18 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): cam (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: Curtis_2012; Jurado_1991; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (3); ephemeral (2); perennial (1); short_lived_perennial (3) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_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): barochory (3); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.47 mg (4.84-6.11 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); polyhedral (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.32 m (0.2-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Curtis_2012	14	14	E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
SAH_2023	12	14	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	11	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/.
Jurado_1991	6	6	E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	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/.
NTH_2023	5	5	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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	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.
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.
NTH_2022	3	3	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/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
Kew_2019_5	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.