Hesperantha falcata

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Hesperantha falcata (L.f.) Ker Gawl.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ixia falcata L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (18), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 55 records in 12 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]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (7-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 95 mm (50-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): falcate (2); linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.28 m (0.1-0.45 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	14	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	11	14	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_1981	3	4	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
SAH_2022	3	3	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/.
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.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.