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Lobelia gibbosa

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Family Campanulaceae

Taxonomy: Lobelia gibbosa Labill.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lobelia gibbosa Labill. f. gibbosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lobelia gibbosa Labill. var. gibbosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lobelia gibbosa var. microsperma (F.Muell.) F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lobelia gibbosa var. microsperma (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lobelia gibbosa var. microsperma F.M.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lobelia microsperma F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rapuntium gibbosum (Labill.) C.Presl (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (13), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (21), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (1), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (15), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (57), Williams_2011 (10), Wright_2000 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 65 traits from 225 records in 28 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 (6); resprouts (3) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.75 mm (5-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 192.42 mm2 (192.42-192.42 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 31.69 mm (3.5-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.78 mm (0.2-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 22.37 g/m2 (15.71-24.84 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); linear_elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_lanceolate (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (11) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): geophyte (1); therophyte (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5); perennial (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1 a (1-1 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); barochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3); passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (2); yyynnnnnnnyy (2); yyynnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (2); persistent (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1); none (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.02 mg (0-0.04 mg) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.32 mm (0.2-0.59 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.25 mm (0.17-0.34 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1); polyhedral (3) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201957M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Dwyer_2017321J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
NHNSW_20231316N. 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/.
RBGV_20231115VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231215S. 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/.
Cheal_2017913D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NSWFRD_20141111B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Wright_200066I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
ANBG_201955Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.