AusTraits

Alliaria petiolata

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Family Brassicaceae

Taxonomy: Alliaria petiolata (M.Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Arabis petiolata M.Bieb. (basionym)

Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 26 records in 4 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (30-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.85 mm (1.2-2.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (150-150 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 84.33 mm (15-150 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); reniform (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); truncate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (2-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231520VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.