AusTraits

Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum

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Family Sapindaceae

Taxonomy: Cardiospermum halicacabum L. var. halicacabum

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (11), ATRP_2020 (1), Crowley_2007 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (20), Nano_2011 (2), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 50 records in 11 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 28.75 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 86.25 mm (40-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.25 cm (1-3.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (4); herb (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1); spreading (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.4-0.4 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231320N. 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/.
ABRS_2023911Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.