Apium prostratum var. filiforme
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Family Apiaceae
Taxonomy: Apium prostratum var. filiforme (A.Rich.) Kirk
Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Apium australe var. latisectum H.Wolff (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Apium australe var. α Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
- Apium filiforme (A.Rich.) Hook. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Apium prostratum var. maritimum Domin (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Apium prostratum var. α Cheeseman (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Petroselinum filiforme A.Rich. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Apium australe Thouars (pro parte misapplied)
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: NHNSW_2024 (4), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (5), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (5), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 61 records in 8 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: White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (1); obtriangular (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (2); stoloniferous (1) [sources: SAH_2022; White_2020]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnyyyy (1); yyyynnnnnyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: 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. |
| RBGV_2023 | 5 | 5 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| SAH_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 2 | 2 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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. |