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Ornithopus pinnatus

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Ornithopus pinnatus (Mill.) Druce

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Scorpiurus pinnata Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Standish_2019 (6), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 57 records in 10 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): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (20-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (1); legume_indehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 10 mm (5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (2); oblanceolate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (3); prostrate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.39 m (0.05-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231417VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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/.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.