Gladiolus caryophyllaceus

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Gladiolus caryophyllaceus (Burm.f.) Poir.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Antholyza caryophyllacea Burm.f. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (14), Funk_2016 (122), Veneklaas_2003 (17), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 173 records in 11 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): resprouts (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 235 mm (120-350 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 100.98 g/m2 (87.18-135.33 g/m2) [sources: Funk_2016; Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.27 g/g (0.27-0.27 g/g) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.73 g/g (0.73-0.73 g/g) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (1); falcate (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Funk_2016; Veneklaas_2003; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Funk_2016]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Funk_2016; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Funk_2016; Veneklaas_2003]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Funk_2016]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): corm (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2; Yang_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): fleshy_underground_organ (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 20.77 mg/g (18.3-25.1 mg/g) [sources: Funk_2016; Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.21 mg/g (0.83-1.82 mg/g) [sources: Funk_2016]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.51 m (0.2-0.8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Funk_2016	17	122	J. L. Funk, R. J. Standish, W. D. Stock, and F. Valladares. “Plant functional traits of dominant native and invasive species in mediterranean-climate ecosystems”. Ecology 97.1 (2016), pp. 75-83. doi: 10.1890/15-0974.1.
Veneklaas_2003	16	17	E. J. Veneklaas and P. Poot. “Seasonal patterns in water use and leaf turnover of different plant functional types in a species-rich woodland, south-western Australia”. Plant and Soil 257.2 (2003), pp. 295-304. doi: 10.1023/a:1027383920150.
ABRS_2023	10	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Yang_2023	5	5	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
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/.
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/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	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.
WAH_2023_1	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.