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Malva weinmanniana

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Malva weinmanniana (Besser ex Rchb.) Conran

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Althaea plebeia (Sims) Schult. ex Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lavatera australis A.Cunn. ex Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lavatera behriana (Schltdl.) Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lavatera plebeia Sims (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lavatera plebeia var. eremaea J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lavatera plebeja Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lavatera plebeja var. eremaea J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lavatera weinmanniana Besser ex Rchb. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Malva australiana M.F.Ray (taxonomic synonym)
  • Malva behriana Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Malva preissiana subsp. Inland (V.Stajsic 7) (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Moles_2003 (4), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), RBGK_2014 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Sweedman_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (17), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 98 records in 18 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): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-3.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 9 mm (7-11 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 9 mm (7-11 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 73.75 mm (10-200 mm) [sources: SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); orbicular (1); ovate (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (2); toothed_dentate (2); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: Moles_2003; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (3); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Moles_2003; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); epizoochory (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); invertebrates (1); mammals_domestic (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.91 {count}/{count} (0.91-0.91 {count}/{count}) [sources: Moles_2003]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.48 mg (3.71-5.48 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGK_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20201717M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231214VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023810S. 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/.
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.
Moles_200344A. T. Moles, D. I. Warton, and M. Westoby. “Seed size and survival in the soil in arid Australia”. Austral Ecology 28.5 (2003), pp. 575-585. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01314.x.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
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.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
RBGK_201412Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.