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Dierama pendulum

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Dierama pendulum (L.f.) Baker

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ixia pendula L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Dierama pulcherrimum (Hook.f.) Baker (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 633.33 mm (400-900 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.17 mm (4-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): corm (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.13 m (1-1.2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231215N. 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/.
ABRS_20231114Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_20231113S. 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_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/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
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.