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Kickxia commutata

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Family Plantaginaceae

Taxonomy: Kickxia commutata (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Fritsch

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Linaria commutata Bernh. ex Rchb. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (21), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (19), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 55 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 7.62 mm (3-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8 mm (2-16 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): hastate (2); sagittate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.85 mm (0.7-1 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231221N. 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/.
SAH_20231419S. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.