AusTraits

Argemone ochroleuca

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Family Papaveraceae

Taxonomy: Argemone ochroleuca Sweet

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Argemone mexicana L. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (9), Leishman_1992 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Schmidt_1993 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 63 records in 13 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): 28.25 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 14 mm (10-18 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 4333 mm2 (4333-4333 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 127.5 mm (50-220 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 45 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.21 mg (2.21-2.21 mg) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.94 m (0.2-1.5 m) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231014D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023910N. 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/.
ABRS_202399Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
NTH_202244D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.