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Hornungia procumbens

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Family Brassicaceae

Taxonomy: Hornungia procumbens (L.) Hayek

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Capsella australasica F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Capsella australasica Hannaford (taxonomic synonym)
  • Capsella elliptica C.A.Mey. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Capsella procumbens (L.) Fr. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Capsella procumbens var. integrifolia (DC.) Rupr. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hutchinsia procumbens (L.) Desv. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hutchinsia procumbens var. integrifolia DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hymenolobus procumbens (L.) Schinz & Thell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lepidium procumbens L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Stenopetalum incisifolium Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (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 (16), Cheal_2017 (8), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (16), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 90 records in 13 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.25 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (1.7-2.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): silique (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (4); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); unlobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (5); prostrate (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.75-0.75 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.17 m (0.02-0.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231216Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_20231216S. 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/.
RBGV_20231114VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231013N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
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.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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_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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.