AusTraits

Myosotis discolor

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Family Boraginaceae

Taxonomy: Myosotis discolor Pers.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Myosotis arvensis var. versicolor Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myosotis discolor Pers. subsp. discolor (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Myosotis versicolor (Pers.) Sm. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA, NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (5), Doherty_2021 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), Mokany_2008 (43), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (2), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 120 records in 18 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 76.02 mm2 (44.42-116.06 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 25.21 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.62 mm (2-10 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1.93 mg (1.1-2.8 mg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 25.67 g/m2 (24.13-28.11 g/m2) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.38 g/g (0.25-0.48 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.12 g/g (0.11-0.13 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); linear (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (2); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered_basal (1); scattered (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 26.67 deg (17-35 deg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5); biennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3); rosette (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023; SAH_2022; SAH_2023]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.21 mg (0.15-0.3 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.19 m (0.1-0.3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Mokany_20081943K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
RBGV_20231215VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023710N. 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/.
SAH_202377S. 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/.
Cheal_201755D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201444B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
Doherty_202133M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200622A. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.