Daviesia squarrosa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia squarrosa Sm.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Daviesia squarrosa Sm. var. squarrosa (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Crisp_2017 (21), NHNSW_2014_2 (6), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (8), Pate_1989 (1), Rosell_2014 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Westoby_2014 (40), White_2020 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 88 traits from 148 records in 14 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (6-9 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 11.7 mm2 (11.7-11.7 mm2) [sources: Westoby_2014]
leaf_length (numerical): 8 mm (4-12 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (0.5-10 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 108.4 g/m2 (108.4-108.4 g/m2) [sources: Westoby_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); ovate (2); subulate (1) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): phyllode (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (5) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 24.17 mg/g (24.17-24.17 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.41 mg/g (0.41-0.41 mg/g) [sources: Westoby_2014]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -25.96 {delta}[ppth] (-25.96--25.96 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Westoby_2014]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (3.1-3.4 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017]
seed_width (numerical): 1.85 mm (1.7-2 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: Crisp_2017]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.73 mg/mm3 (0.7-0.76 mg/mm3) [sources: Rosell_2014; Westoby_2014]
huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Westoby_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.25 m (1-1.5 m) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Westoby_2014	34	40	S. M. Gleason, D. W. Butler, K. Zieminska, P. Waryszak, and M. Westoby. “Stem xylem conductivity is key to plant water balance across Australian angiosperm species”. Functional Ecology 26 (2012), pp. 343-352. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01962.x.
White_2020	18	36	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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.
NHNSW_2023	11	15	N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014	8	8	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Rosell_2014	8	8	J. A. Rosell, S. Gleason, R. Mendez-Alonzo, Y. Chang, and M. Westoby. “Bark functional ecology: Evidence for tradeoffs, functional coordination, and environment producing bark diversity”. New Phytologist 201.2 (2014), pp. 486-497. doi: 10.1111/nph.12541.
NHNSW_2014_2	6	6	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.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.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. 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/.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
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.
Pate_1989	1	1	J. S. Pate, J. Kuo, K. W. Dixon, and M. D. Crisp. “Anomalous secondary thickening in roots of Daviesia (Fabaceae) and its taxonomic significance”. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 99.2 (1989), pp. 175-193. ISSN: 0024-4074. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1989.tb00397.x.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.