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Hydrocotyle hirta

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Family Araliaceae

Taxonomy: Hydrocotyle hirta R.Br. ex A.Rich.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hydrocotyle hirta R.Br. ex A.Rich. var. hirta (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (7), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Mokany_2015 (3), NHNSW_2024 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (40), Williams_2011 (10), Wright_2000 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 61 traits from 154 records in 21 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
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (4) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 490.87 mm2 (490.87-490.87 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 15.75 mm (4-28 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 16.25 mm (6-31 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.9 cm (0.8-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (3); orbicular (4); reniform (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (3); toothed_dentate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); unlobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); mat-forming (1); prostrate (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyynnnnnny (2) [sources: WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stolon (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.17 mg (0.1-0.2 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20241217N. 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/.
RBGV_2023913VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023912S. 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/.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Cheal_201777D. 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.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Wright_200066I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
NSWFRD_201444B. 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.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. 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_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Mokany_201533K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Sjostrom_200633A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.