Comesperma drummondii — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Polygalaceae/Comesperma

At a glance

Occurrence records193

Data sources4

Biological traits18

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Comesperma drummondii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility193 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources18 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF193 records

01Narrative

Comesperma drummondii, commonly known as Drummond's milkwort, is a slender herb in the family Polygalaceae. It is a perennial herb growing to between 20 cm and 1.2 m high, on sandy and gravelly soils Its pink-blue-purple flowers may be seen from August to November. The species was first formally described by the botanist Joachim Steetz in Plantae Preissianae in 1848. The species occurs in Western Australia, in Beard's Eremaean and South-West provinces.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology3

Plant height1.2 m

Plant height max1.2 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnyyyyyynn

Life formperennial or rhizomatous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: herb shrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinessnon-woody+woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type193 records

Wild obs. + sensor30

Museum / vouchered163

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO588 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 13≤1 km 4≤10 km 2>10 km 1

20 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor30

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy21% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 13≤10 km 93>10 km 14

135 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence163

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	90
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	30
Canberra, AU	22
Adelaide, AU	11
BGPAlocation not on record	3
Mount Annan, AU	2
Brisbane, AU	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Claremont, US	1

9 institutions · 163 of 163 vouchered records shown