AusTraits

Euphorbia prostrata

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Family Euphorbiaceae

Taxonomy: Euphorbia prostrata Aiton

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (14), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (16), Schmidt_1993 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 51 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.32 mm (1-1.7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_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): 5.42 mm (2.2-8.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 3 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (2); obovate (1); orbicular (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) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); dense (1); mat-forming (1); prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnynnnnnnnn (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.95 mm (0.8-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.05 m (0.05-0.05 m) [sources: NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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_20231214N. 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/.
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/.
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/.
Wright_200033I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mesaglio_202211T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.