Frankenia pauciflora var. fruticulosa

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Family Frankeniaceae

Taxonomy: Frankenia pauciflora var. fruticulosa (DC.) Summerh.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Frankenia fruticulosa DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
Frankenia pauciflora var. incrustata J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
Frankenia pauciflora var. trichosticha Summerh. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (6), ABRS_2023 (22), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 62 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 6 mm (2-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.05 mm (0.7-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (3); narrowly_oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (2); decussate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	12	22	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	8	9	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/.
ABRS_2022	3	6	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2014	1	2	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
SAH_2022	2	2	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/.
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.