Ageratum conyzoides subsp. conyzoides

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Ageratum conyzoides L. subsp. conyzoides

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

Eupatorium cannabinum L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Metcalfe_2009 (20), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 62 records in 7 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): fire_killed (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3300 mm2 (3300-3300 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (20-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (15-70 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.7 cm (0.5-8 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2); rhomboidal (1); triangular (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2); toothed_dentate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): annual (3); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.86 mg (0.86-0.86 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.75 m (0.5-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Metcalfe_2009	20	20	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
ABRS_2023	13	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	10	15	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/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.