Daviesia suaveolens

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Daviesia suaveolens Crisp

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

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Crisp_2017 (21), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), Pickup_2021 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 80 records in 12 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

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (9-12 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (4-17 mm) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_obovate (2) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
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 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4); tree (5) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2022; Pickup_2021; 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): arborescent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (3) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; 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): 5.1 mg (5.1-5.1 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 3.4 mm (3-3.56 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017]
seed_width (numerical): 2.02 mm (1.5-2.3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; Crisp_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 6 m (6-6 m) [sources: Crisp_2017; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

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.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	10	14	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/.
ANBG_2019	5	5	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
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.
Wright_2000	4	4	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Pickup_2021	1	1	M. 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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.