Parietaria australis
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Family Urticaceae
Taxonomy: Parietaria australis (Nees) Blume
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Freirea australis Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
- Parietaria australis (Nees) Blume var. australis (nomenclatural synonym)
- Parietaria debilis var. australis (Nees) J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Parietaria debilis G.Forst. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Draper_2023 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 62 records in 8 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): polygamous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.3-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); green (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (8-15 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.35 cm (0.7-2 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2); widely_ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); rounded (1); truncate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): abiotic (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): ants (1); invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.18 m (0.05-0.3 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 18 | 18 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| RBGV_2023 | 13 | 16 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 12 | 15 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Draper_2023 | 3 | 3 | J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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. |