Malachra fasciata
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Family Malvaceae
Taxonomy: Malachra fasciata Jacq.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (21), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 28 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): 3.1 mm (2.8-3.4 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 3.82 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 3.82 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1); schizocarp (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 112.5 mm (25-200 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 125 mm (20-230 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 5.5 cm (1-10 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (1) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1.5-1.5 m) [sources: NTH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTH_2023 | 11 | 21 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/. |
| NTH_2022 | 4 | 4 | D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |