Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa
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Family Apiaceae
Taxonomy: Pastinaca sativa L. subsp. sativa
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2024 (15), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 39 records in 5 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): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (50-180 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 67.08 mm (25-140 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 10.75 cm (5-21 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_deep (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): biennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.8 m (1.8-1.8 m) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 12 | 18 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2024 | 11 | 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 December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| 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. |