AusTraits

Arctium minus

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Arctium minus (Hill) Bernh.

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

Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 50 records in 9 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); green (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 6.03 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 332.5 mm (30-600 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 200 mm (20-350 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): widely_ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): biennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.25 m (0.5-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231014N. 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/.
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202367Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.