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Ballota nigra subsp. foetida

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Ballota nigra subsp. foetida (Lam.) Hayek

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ballota foetida Lam. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 29 records in 6 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_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 4 cm (4-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); cuneate (2); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody_base (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_2023911VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202379N. 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/.
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/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.