Latrobea colophon
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Latrobea colophon Chappill & C.F.Wilkins
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Latrobea obovata Chappill (taxonomic synonym)
- Latrobea obovata Chappill & C.F.Wilkins (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (7), Pickup_2021 (5), SPRAT_2025_2 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 22 records in 3 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): fire_killed (3) [sources: Barrett_2009; Pickup_2021; SPRAT_2025_2]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Barrett_2009; Pickup_2021]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 4.4 mm (4-4.8 mm) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
- reproductive_maturity (numerical): 4.5 a (4-5 a) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Barrett_2009; Pickup_2021]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
- storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.62 m (0.25-1 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRAT_2025_2 | 7 | 10 | F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl. |
| Barrett_2009 | 5 | 7 | S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009. |
| Pickup_2021 | 5 | 5 | M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf. |