Acaena x anserovina

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Acaena x anserovina Orchard

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Acaena anserinifolia subsp. oleosenitens (Bitter) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Acaena sanguisorbae subsp. oleosenitens Bitter (taxonomic synonym)

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

Acaena x ovina A.Cunn. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (11), Mokany_2015 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 94 records in 11 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 (2) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 250.56 mm2 (79.85-421.27 mm2) [sources: Catford_2014; Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 34.25 mm (8-130 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 30 mg (30-30 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 71.21 g/m2 (71.21-71.21 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_deep (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2); not_glaucous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Catford_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnyyyyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (3) [sources: Catford_2014; White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.26 mg (1.26-1.26 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.4-0.4 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): sharp_pointed_defence (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	11	16	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Catford_2014	11	11	J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
NHNSW_2023	9	11	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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_2015	1	1	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
NHNSW_2014_2	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.