Solanum eardleyae

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Family Solanaceae

Taxonomy: Solanum eardleyae Symon

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

Solanum petrophilum F.Muell. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (1), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (25), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 75 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); truncate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_shallow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (0.5-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	17	25	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/.
ABRS_2023	14	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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/.
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/.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	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.
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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
NTH_2023	1	1	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/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.