Myosotis arvensis
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Family Boraginaceae
Taxonomy: Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Myosotis arvensis (L.) Hill var. arvensis (nomenclatural synonym)
- Myosotis scorpioides var. arvensis L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 27 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (20-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 14 mm (8-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.28 m (0.15-0.4 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 3 | 3 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| 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. |