Ficaria verna
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Family Ranunculaceae
Taxonomy: Ficaria verna Huds.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ranunculus ficaria L. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (20), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (10), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 41 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.8-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 1.9 mm (1.8-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 23.75 mm (10-45 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 6.5 cm (2-15 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1); reniform (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- pollination_system (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
- storage_organ (categorical): root_tuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.18 m (0.05-0.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 14 | 20 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| RBGV_2023 | 8 | 10 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Stephens_2023 | 1 | 1 | R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |