Eragrostis tenella
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Family Poaceae
Taxonomy: Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cynodon amabilis (L.) Raspail (taxonomic synonym)
- Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees (taxonomic synonym)
- Eragrostis elytroblephara Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
- Eragrostis plumosa (Retz.) Link (taxonomic synonym)
- Megastachya amabilis (L.) P.Beauv. (taxonomic synonym)
- Poa amabilis L. (taxonomic synonym)
- Poa plumosa Retz. (taxonomic synonym)
- Poa tenella L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), CoI, ChI, NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Metcalfe_2020_2 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 45 records in 8 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 (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
- fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_2]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 66 mm2 (66-66 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (1-3.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1); involute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c4 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (2); herb (2); tussock (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2020_2; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- root_structure (categorical): non_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.42 m (0.06-0.6 m) [sources: Metcalfe_2020_2; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe_2020_2 | 18 | 20 | D. Metcalfe. “Unpublished data: Traits of Poaceae spp, CSIRO”. 2020. |
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 8 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |