Indigofera australis subsp. australis
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Indigofera australis Willd. subsp. australis
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Indigofera australis Willd. var. australis (nomenclatural synonym)
- Indigofera australis var. angulata Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
- Indigofera australis var. gracilis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
- Indigofera australis var. minor Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), Mesaglio_2022 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 51 records in 9 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) [sources: White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 35 mm (25-45 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (10-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (2); nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnyyyynn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.81 mg (5.43-7.8 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (2.5-2.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 14 | N. 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/. |
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 4 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| Mesaglio_2022 | 1 | 3 | T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| 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. |