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Kickxia spuria

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Family Plantaginaceae

Taxonomy: Kickxia spuria (L.) Dumort.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Antirrhinum spurium L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Linaria spuria (L.) Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (17), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 53 records in 8 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); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_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) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (3); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.1 mm (1-1.2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231017N. 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_20231017S. 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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.