Montia fontana subsp. chondrosperma
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Family Portulacaceae
Taxonomy: Montia fontana subsp. chondrosperma (Fenzl) Walters
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Montia fontana var. chondrosperma Fenzl (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), TMAG_2009 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 38 traits from 69 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (15-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (2); obovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): cam (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): epizoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); ynnnnnyyyyyy (1) [sources: TMAG_2009; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (0.8-1.2 mm) [sources: TMAG_2009]
- seed_width (numerical): 1.03 mm (0.8-1.2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
- seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); ellipsoid (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
whole plant morphology
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 12 | 15 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| TMAG_2009 | 11 | 15 | Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 11 | 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/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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. |