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Drosera peltata

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Family Droseraceae

Taxonomy: Drosera peltata Thunb.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Drosera gracilis Hook.f. ex Planch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Drosera peltata Thunb. subsp. peltata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drosera peltata Thunb. var. peltata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sondera peltata (Thunb.) Chrtek & Slavikova (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (15), Angevin_2011 (7), Carey_2003 (3), Cheal_2017 (13), Draper_2023 (3), Hughes_1992 (4), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (4), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kubiak_2009 (5), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (4), Meers_2007 (11), Mokany_2008 (37), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (12), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGK_2014 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (22), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (28), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (42), Williams_2005 (6), Williams_2011 (22), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 74 traits from 326 records in 38 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 (2); resprouts (8) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Kubiak_2009; Meers_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (4); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 28.65 mm2 (15.76-45.34 mm2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Mokany_2008; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 8.31 mm (3-20 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.9 mm (1-13 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1.6 mg (1.1-2 mg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.27 cm (0.1-1.9 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 73.13 g/m2 (30.97-140.06 g/m2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Mokany_2008; Williams_2011]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.18 g/g (0.14-0.21 g/g) [sources: Angevin_2011; Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obtriangular (1); orbicular (3); peltate (4); reniform (1); spathulate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2); recurved (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 63.33 deg (58-73 deg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (6) [sources: Mokany_2008; Munroe_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (18) [sources: ABRS_2022; Angevin_2011; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (10) [sources: Cheal_2017; Meers_2007; Mokany_2008; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (10) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); rosette (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Angevin_2011; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: Meers_2007; Mokany_2008; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): carnivorous (3) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3); self (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (2) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (5); barochory (5); zoochory (2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Draper_2023; Kew_2019_5; Leishman_1995; Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2); passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (2); yynnnnnnnnyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (2); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Pickup_2021; Williams_2005]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2); transient (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (4); vegetative (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): root_tuber (1); stem_tuber (2) [sources: Meers_2007; Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); stem_tuber (1) [sources: Carey_2003; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.01 mg (0-0.04 mg) [sources: Angevin_2011; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Meers_2007; RBGK_2014; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.6 mm (0.2-1.39 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.2-0.2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): conical (1); cylindrical (1); fusiform (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202142M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Mokany_20081737K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
TMAG_20091128Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
RBGV_20231422VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_20111222R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231315N. 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/.
SAH_20231014S. 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/.
Cheal_2017913D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NSWFRD_2014912B. 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.
Meers_20071111T. Meers. “Role of plant functional traits in determining the response of vegetation to land use change on the Delatite Peninsula, Victoria.”. PhD. University of Melbourne, 2007.
Pickup_2021510M. 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.
Angevin_201177T. Angevin. “Species richness and functional trait diversity response to land use in a temperate eucalypt woodland community”. Honours. La Trobe University, 2011.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Williams_200566N. S. G. Williams, J. W. Morgan, M. J. McDonnell, and M. A. McCarthy. “Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient”. Journal of Ecology 93.6 (2005), pp. 1203-1213. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01039.x.
Kubiak_200935P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199544M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
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/.
Wright_200044I. 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.
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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.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_223Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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SAH_202222S. 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.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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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.
RBGK_201411Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.