AusTraits

Oenothera acaulis

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Family Onagraceae

Taxonomy: Oenothera acaulis Cav.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 38 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): 17.5 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 125 mm (50-200 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 33 mm (6-60 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (0.5-3 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231114VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231011S. 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/.
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.
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.