Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent. subsp. prostratum

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2020 (4), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (5), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_2022_2 (8), WAH_2023_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 90 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 (3) [sources: Burrows_2020; White_2020]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

leaf morphology

leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); lobed_deep (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): biennial (3); perennial (5) [sources: Burrows_2020; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (1); prostrate (5) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1 a (1-1 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnyyyy (1); yyyynnnnnnny (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.48 m (0.05-1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_2020	16	17	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Williams_2011	9	9	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
WAH_2022_2	4	8	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	5	5	S. 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/.
Burrows_2020	4	4	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
WAH_2023_2	1	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	2	2	S. 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/.
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.