Arenaria serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia
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Family Caryophyllaceae
Taxonomy: Arenaria serpyllifolia L. subsp. serpyllifolia
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 32 records in 5 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): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3); biennial (2) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.07-0.07 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
- seed_length (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.5-0.7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 14 | 20 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Catford_2014 | 6 | 6 | J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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. |