Lachenalia bulbifera

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Family Asparagaceae

Taxonomy: Lachenalia bulbifera (Cirillo) Engl.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Lachenalia pendula Aiton (taxonomic synonym)
Phormium bulbiferum Cirillo (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: SAH_2023 (8), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (2), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 21 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.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 300 mm (300-300 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (40-40 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (2); herb (1) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (1) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): bulb (3) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	8	8	S. 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_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_1	2	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.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.