Daviesia asperula

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia asperula Crisp

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

Distribution (APC): SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), Crisp_2017 (21), Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 59 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

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12 mm (10-14 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 8.5 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (1-4.5 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (1); narrowly_obovate (2); subulate (1) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1); spiral (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (1); spreading (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: Crisp_2017]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 3.65 mm (3.3-4 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 2.85 mm (2.4-3.3 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ovoid (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: Crisp_2017; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Crisp_2017	15	21	M. D. Crisp, L. Cayzer, G. T. Chandler, and L. G. Cook. “A monograph of Daviesia (Mirbelieae, Faboideae, Fabaceae)”. Phytotaxa 300 (2017), pp. 1-308. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.300.1.1.
SAH_2023	14	19	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/.
SAH_2014	2	4	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
SAH_2022	4	4	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/.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.