Jacksonia floribunda

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Jacksonia floribunda Endl.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Jacksonia decumbens E.Pritz. (taxonomic synonym)
Jacksonia densiflora Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Jacksonia densiflora Benth. var. densiflora (taxonomic synonym)
Jacksonia densiflora var. laxiflora Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Piptomeris densiflora (Benth.) Greene (taxonomic synonym)
Piptomeris floribunda (Endl.) Greene (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (7), Burrows_2020 (8), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Detombeur_2021 (45), Enright_2014 (11), Goble_1981 (6), Hayes_2014 (216), Kew_2019_1 (2), Laliberte_2012 (30), Liu_2023 (149), Schmidt_1993 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (19), Tsakalos_2022 (2), Veneklaas_2003 (20), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), vanderMoezel_1987 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 92 traits from 540 records in 22 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 (3); resprouts (10) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Clarke_2015; Enright_2014; Tsakalos_2020; vanderMoezel_1987]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (6) [sources: Clarke_2015; Enright_2014]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 24 mo (24-24 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 5122.23 mm2 (357.4-8254.44 mm2) [sources: Goble_1981; Laliberte_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 72 mm (72-72 mm) [sources: Goble_1981]
leaf_width (numerical): 16.35 mm (16.35-16.35 mm) [sources: Goble_1981]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 332.64 g/m2 (239.3-551.36 g/m2) [sources: Goble_1981; Laliberte_2012; Liu_2023; Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.44 g/g (0.41-0.46 g/g) [sources: Laliberte_2012; Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.55 g/g (0.55-0.55 g/g) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: Goble_1981]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1); leaf (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Veneklaas_2003]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: Laliberte_2012; Schmidt_1993; Veneklaas_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2); prostrate (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3); non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012; Tsakalos_2020; Veneklaas_2003]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (4); ectomycorrhizal (2) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012; Schmidt_1993; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 2 a (2-2 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1); yyyynnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; vanderMoezel_1987]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Enright_2014]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]

nutrient and stable isotope

leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 14.54 mg/g (12.98-20.35 mg/g) [sources: Hayes_2014; Liu_2023; Veneklaas_2003]
leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.29 mg/g (0.2-0.57 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021; Hayes_2014; Liu_2023]
leaf_delta13C (numerical): -27.15 {delta}[ppth] (-27.44--26.85 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Laliberte_2012]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 8.69 mg (6.88-10.5 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.62 m (0.25-3 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Hayes_2014	26	216	P. Hayes, B. L. Turner, H. Lambers, and E. Laliberte. “Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence”. Journal of Ecology 102.2 (2013), pp. 396-410. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12196.
Liu_2023	15	149	S. T. Liu, C. E. Gille, T. Bird, K. Ranathunge, P. M. Finnegan, and H. Lambers. “Leaf phosphorus allocation to chemical fractions and its seasonal variation in south-western Australia is a species-dependent trait”. Science of The Total Environment 901 (2023), p. 166395. ISSN: 0048-9697. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166395.
Detombeur_2021	9	45	F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713.
Laliberte_2012	9	30	E. Laliberte, B. L. Turner, T. Costes, S. J. Pearse, K. Wyrwoll, G. Zemunik, and H. Lambers. “Experimental assessment of nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence in the south-western Australia biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 100 (2012), pp. 631-642. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01962.x.
Veneklaas_2003	18	20	E. J. Veneklaas and P. Poot. “Seasonal patterns in water use and leaf turnover of different plant functional types in a species-rich woodland, south-western Australia”. Plant and Soil 257.2 (2003), pp. 295-304. doi: 10.1023/a:1027383920150.
Tsakalos_2020	18	19	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
Enright_2014	3	11	N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, B. B. Lamont, B. P. Miller, and V. C. Westcott. “Resistance and resilience to changing climate and fire regime depend on plant functional traits”. Journal of Ecology 102 (2014), pp. 1572-1581. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12306.
Burrows_2020	6	8	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Burrows_2008_2	5	7	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Goble_1981	6	6	E. Goble-Garratt, D. Bell, and W. Loneragan. “Floristic and leaf structure patterns along a shallow elevational gradient”. Australian Journal of Botany 29 (1981), pp. 329-347. doi: 10.1071/bt9810329.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Sweedman_2006	2	4	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
vanderMoezel_1987	3	3	P. G. van der Moezel, W. A. Loneragan, and D. T. Bell. “Northern Sandplain Kwongan - regeneration following fire, juvenile period and flowering phenology”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 69.4 (1987), pp. 123-132.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Schmidt_1993	2	2	S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Tsakalos_2022	2	2	J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.