Euploca tenuifolia
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Family Boraginaceae
Taxonomy: Euploca tenuifolia (R.Br.) Diane & Hilger
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Heliotropium tenuifolium R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Heliotropium tenuifolium R.Br. var. tenuifolium (nomenclatural synonym)
- Heliotropium tenuifolium var. exsertum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Heliotropium tenuifolium var. majoriflorum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Heliotropium tenuifolium var. speciosum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Heliotropium tenuifolium var. typicum Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Jurado_1991 (5), Nano_2011 (2), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (1), WAH_1998 (1), 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 17 traits from 28 records in 13 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 (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 167 mm2 (167-167 mm2) [sources: Jurado_1991]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Jurado_1991; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); spreading (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; WAH_2022_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991]
- dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.21 mg (0.21-0.21 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.38 m (0.15-0.6 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jurado_1991 | 5 | 5 | E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| SAH_2022 | 2 | 2 | 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/. |
| SAH_2023 | 2 | 2 | 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/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ATRP_2020 | 1 | 1 | F. 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. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 1 | 1 | 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. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://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. |