AusTraits

Lobelia trigonocaulis

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Family Campanulaceae

Taxonomy: Lobelia trigonocaulis F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Lobelia leichhardii E.Wimm. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Benwell_2024 (4), Cooper_2013 (10), Fonseca_2000 (5), Kew_2019_1 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (21), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 51 records in 10 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.12 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.12 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4.25 mm (3.5-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 322.6 mm2 (322.6-322.6 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.25 mm (10-35 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 7 mg (7-7 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.25 cm (1-3.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 21.37 g/m2 (21.37-21.37 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1); herb (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Benwell_2024]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.17 mg (0.14-0.21 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231521N. 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/.
Cooper_2013810W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Benwell_202444A. Benwell. “Fire responses of flora in a sclerophyll-rainforest vegetation complex in the Nightcap Range, North Coast, New South Wales”. Australian Journal of Botany 72.1 (2024). Ed. by D. Williams. ISSN: 1444-9862. doi: 10.1071/bt23049.
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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.