Malva assurgentiflora
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Family Malvaceae
Taxonomy: Malva assurgentiflora (Kellogg) M.F.Ray
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Althaea assurgentiflora (Kellogg) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Althaea assurgentifolia Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg (nomenclatural synonym)
- Saviniona assurgentiflora (Kellogg) Greene (taxonomic synonym)
- Savinonia assurgentiflora W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 18 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 115 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 3 m (3-3 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 8 | 10 | 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/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| 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. |