Evolvulus alsinoides

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Family Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy: Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Convolvulus alsinoides L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Evolvulus alsinoides var. linifolius (L.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Evolvulus linifolius L. (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Evolvulus villosus Ruiz & Pav. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Brock_1993 (10), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Jurado_1991 (6), Jurado_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (9), Kew_2019_3 (3), Kew_2019_6 (2), Lord_1997 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (17), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (20), Rice_1991 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (9), Schmidt_2003 (9), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (7), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 67 traits from 160 records in 28 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Schmidt_2003; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (1.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 410 mm2 (410-410 mm2) [sources: Jurado_1991]
leaf_length (numerical): 17.33 mm (3-30 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.38 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (3); narrowly_elliptical (2); narrowly_oblong (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); c3-c4 (1) [sources: Kew_2019_3; Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (11); subshrub (2) [sources: Brock_1993; Jurado_1991; Lord_1997; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; SAH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); woody_base (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1); sprawling (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Schmidt_2003; White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
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; Lord_1997; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyynnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Crowley_2007]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 12 mg/g (12-12 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.42 {delta}[ppth] (-27.42--27.42 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.98 mg (0.25-1.77 mg) [sources: Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1; Lord_1997]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.39 m (0.05-0.5 m) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	12	20	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/.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	12	17	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/.
Brock_1993	8	10	J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	10	10	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	9	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_2023	7	9	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/.
Schmidt_2003	9	9	S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
Wright_2000	7	7	I. 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.
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.
NTH_2022	4	4	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/.
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.
Jurado_1992	1	3	E. Jurado and M. Westoby. “Germination biology of selected central Australian plants”. Austral Ecology 17.3 (1992), pp. 341-348. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1992.tb00816.x.
Kew_2019_3	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Lord_1997	3	3	J. Lord, J. Egan, T. Clifford, E. Jurado, M. Leishman, D. Williams, and M. Westoby. “Larger seeds in tropical floras: Consistent patterns independent of growth form and dispersal mode”. Journal of Biogeography 24 (1997), pp. 205-211. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00126.x.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
SAH_2022	3	3	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_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/.
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).
Kew_2019_6	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Rice_1991	1	1	B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
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.