Hydrocotyle bonariensis

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Family Araliaceae

Taxonomy: Hydrocotyle bonariensis Lam.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Hydrocotyle umbellata var. bonariensis (Lam.) Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2024 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (13), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 68 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 (3) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.92 mm (2.5-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 70.5 mm (12-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; SAH_2014]
leaf_width (numerical): 62 mm (12-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 16.17 cm (2-35 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); orbicular (1); peltate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); lobed_shallow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2024	11	15	N. 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/.
SAH_2023	9	13	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/.
RBGV_2023	9	12	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	5	5	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Kubiak_2009	3	4	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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.
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.