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Convolvulus angustissimus

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Family Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy: Convolvulus angustissimus R.Br.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. peninsularum R.W.Johnson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Convolvulus erubescens var. alba Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Convolvulus erubescens var. albus Guilf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Convolvulus erubescens var. angustissimus (R.Br.) Choisy (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Convolvulus geniculatus Lehm. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Convolvulus erubescens Sims (misapplied)
  • Convolvulus erubescens Sims (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), Mokany_2015 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (24), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (23), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (22), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (23). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 71 traits from 125 records in 17 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): pink (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.88 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5.62 mm (4-7.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 5.62 mm (4-7.5 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_area (numerical): 2042.04 mm2 (2042.04-2042.04 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 28.75 mm (5-65 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 19.25 mm (2-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.1 cm (0.2-2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblong (2); ovate (2); triangular (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cordate (2); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_shallow (1) [sources: NHNSW_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
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (1); climber_herbaceous (1); herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): scrambling (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); prostrate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnyyyyy (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 10.35 mg (7.38-15.82 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.45 mm (2.9-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231724N. 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_20231723VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
eFLOWER_Dun_20222323L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
White_20202222M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ANBG_201913Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.