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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements4 literature sources40 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF15 125 records
01Narrative
Comesperma volubile, commonly known as love creeper, is a slender climber in the family Polygalaceae. It grows to between 1 and 2 metres high. The leaves are 10 to 50 mm long and 1 to 5 mm wide. Blue or pale purple flowers are produced in sprays from July to December in the species' native range. It occurs in heathland and forest in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It was first described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière, in Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 8 893≤1 km 2 332≤10 km 730>10 km 137
12 092 georeferenced · 1 330 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13 422
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 accuracy45% within 1 km
≤100 m 332≤1 km 375≤10 km 704>10 km 152
1 563 georeferenced · 135 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 698
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 institutions19 of 29 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Adelaide, AU
539
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
367
Canberra, AU
207
Kensington, AU
131
Mount Annan, AU
116
Hobart, AU
50
Brisbane, AU
46
Armidale, AU
20
South Kensington, GB
19
Batemans Bay, AU
16
QVMAGlocation not on record
14
Parkville, AU
12
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record
9
BGPAlocation not on record
6
Kew, GB
4
Wollongong, AU
4
Claremont, US
3
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
2
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record
2
EL PASO, US
2
Smithfield, AU
2
UnBlocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Palmerston, AU
1
Stockholm, SE
1
29 institutions · 1 579 of 1 698 vouchered records shown · 119 without an institution code
