Mecardonia procumbens
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Family Plantaginaceae
Taxonomy: Mecardonia procumbens (Mill.) Small
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bacopa procumbens (Mill.) Greenm. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Erinus procumbens Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Herpestis chamaedryoides Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
- Herpestis chamaidryoides Kunth (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (3), Cooper_2013 (7), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 27 records in 6 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): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 16.5 mm (8-25 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9 mm (6-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); ephemeral (1); perennial (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (2) [sources: ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnyyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.16 m (0.16-0.16 m) [sources: Cooper_2013]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 7 | 10 | N. 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_2013 | 7 | 7 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| ATRP_2020 | 3 | 3 | F. 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_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. |