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Gomphocarpus fruticosus

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Family Apocynaceae

Taxonomy: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Asclepias fruticosa L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Gomphocarpus fruticosa G.M.Cunn., W.E.Mulham, P.L.Milthorpe & J.H.Leigh (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (doubtfully naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), ANBG_2019 (4), Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), NHNSW_2024 (15), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (11), Standish_2019 (6), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 82 records in 15 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (40-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 95 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.57 cm (0.3-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); biennial (2); perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); semi_woody (1); woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Yang_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 5.08 mm (5.08-5.08 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.13 mm (2.13-2.13 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1); reniform (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.67 m (0.5-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20241015N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231214Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_20231111S. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_2810Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
WAH_2022_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Yang_202322S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.