Lathyrus sphaericus
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Lathyrus sphaericus Retz.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 23 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): 40 mm (30-50 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 20.75 mm (3-50 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (1-7 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
seed morphology
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 12 | 17 | 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/. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |