Oenothera biennis
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Family Onagraceae
Taxonomy: Oenothera biennis L.
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Enothera biennis F.M.Bailey (orthographic variant)
- Oenothera suaveolens Desf. (taxonomic synonym)
- Oenothera suaveolens Pers. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 22 records in 4 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): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (35-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 150 mm (150-150 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (50-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): biennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 14 | 15 | 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 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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. |