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Aizoon pubescens

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Family Aizoaceae

Taxonomy: Aizoon pubescens Eckl. & Zeyh.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Galenia pubescens (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Druce var. pubescens (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Galenia secunda (L.f.) Sond. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (2), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (13), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (17), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (5), WAH_2022_2 (7), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 96 records in 15 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.19 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.55 mm (1.8-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 18.56 mm (3-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 11.3 mm (2-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (3); ovate (1); spathulate (4); widely_obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (2); flat (3); recurved (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7); subshrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6); woody_base (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (4); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.27 m (0.1-0.6 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231417Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231317VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NTH_2023913D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202499N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_247Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_202345S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201422B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.