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Alhagi maurorum

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Alhagi maurorum Medik.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Alhagi camelorum Fisch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alhagi pseudalhagi (M.Bieb.) Desv. ex B.Keller & Shap. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Alhagi pseudalhagi Desv. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hedysarum alhagi L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hedysarum pseudalhagi M.Bieb. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (18), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (21), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (16), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 77 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 18.5 mm (8-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (1); legume_indehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (3); red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 15.83 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 7.33 mm (2-14 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0.2-0.2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (2); obovate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.94 m (0.3-1.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231721VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231518N. 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/.
SAH_20231316S. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
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/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.