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Melissa officinalis

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Melissa officinalis L.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Melissa officinalis L. subsp. officinalis (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (6), NHNSW_2023 (26), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 71 records in 10 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): blue_purple (1); pink (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 49.38 mm (15-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 33.12 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (3); rhomboidal (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (3); truncate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.6-1 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_20231026N. 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/.
RBGV_20231013VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023910S. 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_202236N. 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_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. 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.