Darwinia polycephala — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Darwinia

At a glance

Occurrence records42

Data sources4

Biological traits15

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Darwinia polycephala's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility42 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF42 records

01Narrative

Darwinia polycephala is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub has a diffuse habit and typically grows to height of 0.1 to. It blooms between March and September producing red to purple flowers. Often found on flat areas and around the margins of salt lakes in the southern Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or clay soils.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology3

Plant height0.3 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.1 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennyyyyyyynnn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type42 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered39

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO80 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 2

3 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor3

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 39

39 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence39

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 institutions2 of 4 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	33
Canberra, AU	3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	2
BGPAlocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 39 of 39 vouchered records shown