AusTraits

Medicago rugosa

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Medicago rugosa Desr.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Medicago elegans Jacq. ex Willd. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (19), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 43 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): 2 mm (1-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (1); legume_indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 13.25 mm (5-23 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 9.75 mm (3-19 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (2); obovate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): reniform (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231014S. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
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.