Erodium cygnorum

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Family Geraniaceae

Taxonomy: Erodium cygnorum Nees

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Erodium angustilobum Carolin (taxonomic synonym)
Erodium cygnorum Nees subsp. cygnorum (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Crowley_2007 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (25), Gosper_2018 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NTH_2022 (8), NTH_2023 (10), Nano_2011 (3), SAH_2022 (11), SAH_2023 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Tsakalos_2020 (17), Vesk_2004 (17), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 181 records in 22 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 (6) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; White_2020]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8.5 mm (7-10 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (5) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 556.76 mm2 (341.1-744.9 mm2) [sources: Vesk_2004]
leaf_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (20-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
petiole_length (numerical): 7 cm (7-7 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 38.23 g/m2 (34.01-49.58 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Vesk_2004]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.17 g/g (0.16-0.18 g/g) [sources: Vesk_2004]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (6); lobed_deep (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1); leaf (6) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Vesk_2004; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
life_history (categorical): annual (8); perennial (4) [sources: Gosper_2018; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (8) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (4); erect (1); prostrate (2); spreading (1) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); ballistic (1); epizoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): mammals (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1); nnnnyyyyynnn (3); nnnnyyyyyynn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.49 mg (4.62-6.36 mg) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.48 m (0.4-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Dwyer_2017	3	25	J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
SAH_2023	10	20	S. 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/.
Tsakalos_2020	16	17	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Vesk_2004	5	17	P. A. Vesk, M. R. Leishman, and M. Westoby. “Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands”. Journal of Applied Ecology 41.1 (2004), pp. 22-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2004.00857.x.
SAH_2022	4	11	S. 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/.
NTH_2023	5	10	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	7	9	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	4	8	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Gosper_2018	4	4	C. R. Gosper, C. J. Yates, G. D. Cook, J. M. Harvey, A. C. Liedloff, W. L. McCaw, K. R. Thiele, and S. M. Prober. “A conceptual model of vegetation dynamics for the unique obligate-seeder eucalypt woodlands of south-western Australia”. Austral Ecology 43.6 (2018), pp. 681-695. doi: 10.1111/aec.12613.
Crowley_2007	2	3	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
Nano_2011	2	3	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	2	2	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.
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/.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. 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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.