AusTraits

Medicago praecox

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Medicago praecox DC.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 42 records in 7 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.75 mm (4-5.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 9.38 mm (5.5-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 9 mm (5-13 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obcordate (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231015N. 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/.
SAH_20231115S. 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/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
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.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.