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Chenopodium glaucum

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Family Chenopodiaceae

Taxonomy: Chenopodium glaucum L.

Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Chenopodium ambiguum R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambiguum R.Br. var. ambiguum (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambiguum var. majus Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium ambiguum var. minus Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium glaucum f. minus (Moq.) Aellen (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium glaucum subsp. ambiguum (R.Br.) Murr & Thell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium glaucum var. ambiguum (R.Br.) Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium glaucum var. littorale Rodway (taxonomic synonym)
  • Chenopodium littorale Moq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oxybasis ambigua (R.Br.) de Lange & Mosyakin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Oxybasis glauca (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Oxybasis glauca subsp. ambigua (R.Br.) Mosyakin (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_3 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), Pickup_2021 (3), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (3), TMAG_2009 (7), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (36), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 145 records in 20 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
fruit morphology
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19.5 mm (8-30 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (1-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (2); elliptical (3); ovate (2); rhomboidal (2); triangular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (4); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); unlobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3); c4 (1) [sources: Kew_2019_3; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (5); prostrate (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • 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); epizoochory (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (3) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.23 mg (0.18-0.28 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201836M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231315VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231415S. 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/.
ABRS_20231314Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231111N. 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/.
Williams_201199R. 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.
TMAG_200967Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
SAH_202244S. 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Pickup_202133M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Sjostrom_200633A. 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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_322Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.