Atriplex hortensis
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Family Chenopodiaceae
Taxonomy: Atriplex hortensis L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (9), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (3), TMAG_2009 (12), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 52 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): nutlet (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 71.67 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- leaf_width (numerical): 57.5 mm (15-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); triangular (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cordate (2); hastate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
seed morphology
- seed_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: TMAG_2009]
- seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.38 m (2-2.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMAG_2009 | 9 | 12 | Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania. |
| RBGV_2023 | 8 | 10 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 9 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 5 | 5 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 5 | 5 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |