AusTraits

Hypochaeris radicata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Hypochaeris radicata L.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hypochaeris radiata L. (orthographic variant)
  • Hypochoeris radicata L. (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (formerly naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), Carey_2003 (3), Catford_2014 (10), Cheal_2017 (7), Doherty_2021 (2), Firn_2019 (51), Kubiak_2009 (4), Leishman_1992 (7), Mesaglio_2022 (2), Mokany_2008 (66), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (5), OReillyNugent_2018 (23), Purdie_1976 (7), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (18), Schmidt_1993 (1), Soliveres_2012 (3), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (3), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 65 traits from 277 records in 31 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (7) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976; Yang_2023]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (8-17 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1382.88 mm2 (288.49-2000 mm2) [sources: Catford_2014; Leishman_1992; Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 117.2 mm (20-300 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 23.55 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 45.95 mg (13.4-66.7 mg) [sources: Catford_2014; Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 58.7 g/m2 (9.35-110.11 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014; Firn_2019; Mokany_2008; OReillyNugent_2018]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.45 g/g (0.38-0.52 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.12 g/g (0.09-0.14 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (2); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (4); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Munroe_2019]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (12) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; Firn_2019; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Soliveres_2012; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); biennial (2); perennial (6); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; Cheal_2017; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Catford_2014; Purdie_1976; Soliveres_2012]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Purdie_1976; Soliveres_2012]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnnynnnnnn (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Carey_2003; Doherty_2021; Yang_2023]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.62 mg (0.44-0.8 mg) [sources: Catford_2014; Leishman_1992]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.58 m (0.08-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Mokany_20082066K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
Firn_2019651J. Firn, J. M. McGree, E. Harvey, H. Flores-Moreno, M. Schuetz, Y. M. Buckley, E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, K. J. L. Pierre, A. M. MacDougall, S. M. Prober, C. J. Stevens, L. L. Sullivan, E. Porter, E. Ladouceur, C. Allen, K. H. Moromizato, J. W. Morgan, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, N. Eisenhauer, J. P. Wright, P. B. Adler, C. A. Arnillas, J. D. Bakker, L. Biederman, A. A. D. Broadbent, C. S. Brown, M. N. Bugalho, M. C. Caldeira, E. E. Cleland, A. Ebeling, P. A. Fay, N. Hagenah, A. R. Kleinhesselink, R. Mitchell, J. L. Moore, C. Nogueira, P. L. Peri, C. Roscher, M. D. Smith, P. D. Wragg, and A. C. Risch. “Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs”. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3.3 (2019), pp. 400-406. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0790-1.
OReillyNugent_2018223A. O'Reilly-Nugent, E. Wandrag, C. Catford, B. Gruber, D. Driscoll, and R. Duncan. “Measuring competitive impact: Joint-species modelling of invaded plant communities”. Journal of Ecology 108 (2018), pp. 449-459.
SAH_20231418S. 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_20231115VicFlora. 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/.
Catford_20141010J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
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.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
Purdie_197667R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
ABRS_202366Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201455B. 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_200934P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Carey_200333A. C. &. M. E. &. P. H. &. M. L. &. T. M. &. P. O. &. S. S. &. D. S. &. N. Webb. Wildfires in the ACT 2003: Report on Initial Impacts on Natural Ecosystems. Technical Report No. 17. Environment ACT, 2003. url: https://www.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/2539593/17-wildfires-in-the-act-report-on-initial-impacts-on-natural-ecosystems-2003.pdf.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
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/.
Soliveres_201233S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
WAH_2022_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wright_200033I. 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.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Mesaglio_202212T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.