Lathyrus odoratus
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Lathyrus odoratus L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 27 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 50 mm (30-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (9-12 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 22.5 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (2-3 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 15 | 20 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |