Bellardia viscosa

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Family Orobanchaceae

Taxonomy: Bellardia viscosa (L.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Bartschia viscosa J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
Bartsia viscosa L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Parentucellia viscosa (L.) Caruel (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (3), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), Tsakalos_2020 (15), WAH_2022_1 (3), 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 35 traits from 110 records in 18 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 (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 13 mo (13-13 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 14.5 mm (11-18 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 26 mm (10-42 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (3-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); narrowly_ovate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (3); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (8); biennial (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
root_structure (categorical): hemiparasitic_root (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
parasitic (categorical): hemiparasitic (2); root_parasitic (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1.08 a (1.08-1.08 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (1); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): none (1); soil_seedbank (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.35-0.45 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.1-0.7 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	11	15	N. 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/.
RBGV_2023	11	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Tsakalos_2020	14	15	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
SAH_2023	10	14	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Standish_2019	6	6	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Burrows_2008_2	5	5	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_2020	5	5	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	N. 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_2022	5	5	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	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.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.