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Calystegia silvatica

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Family Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy: Calystegia silvatica (Kit.) Griseb.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Calystegia sylvatica Griseb. (orthographic variant)
  • Convolvulus silvaticus Kit. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (17). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 67 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (2); white_cream (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 6 cm (4-8 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); 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) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20221417L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_20231216N. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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.