Australina pusilla subsp. muelleri

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Family Urticaceae

Taxonomy: Australina pusilla subsp. muelleri (Wedd.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Australina muelleri Wedd. (nomenclatural synonym)
Australina pusilla var. major Hook.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Urtica tasmanica F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), TMAG_2009 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 92 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (2) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 33.33 mm (15-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): abiotic (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: TMAG_2009]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	9	11	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	9	11	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
TMAG_2009	9	10	Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Williams_2011	8	8	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
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.
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/.
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.