AusTraits

Montanoa hibiscifolia

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Montanoa hibiscifolia Benth.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Montagnea hibiscifolia Benth. (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Montanoa bipinnatifida (Kunth) K.Koch (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NI (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), Cooper_2013 (12), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 56 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.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 255 mm (120-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 247.5 mm (90-400 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 9 cm (4-20 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (1); deltate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyynnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 3.83 m (2-6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231421Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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_20131012W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
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.