Ageratum conyzoides
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Ageratum conyzoides L.
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eupatorium cannabinum L. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (9), Crowley_2007 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), Nano_2011 (2), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 42 records in 10 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 (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.62 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (15-45 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0.5-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1); biennial (1); perennial (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.72 m (0.4-1 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/. |
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 9 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Crowley_2007 | 2 | 2 | G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au). |
| Nano_2011 | 2 | 2 | C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |