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Patersonia occidentalis

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Patersonia occidentalis R.Br.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Genosiris occidentalis (R.Br.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Patersonia bicolor Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), ANBG_2019 (4), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Cheal_2017 (4), Chen_2017 (5), Draper_2023 (3), Funk_2016 (60), Goble_1981 (1), Harvey_2017 (6), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (3), Mokany_2015 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), Pekin_2011 (5), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (17), Schmidt_1993 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), Sweedman_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2022 (3), Veneklaas_2003 (20), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), Williams_2011 (9), vanderMoezel_1987 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 74 traits from 223 records in 33 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 (2); resprouts (5) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Harvey_2017; Pekin_2011; Standish_2019; vanderMoezel_1987]
  • fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 36 mo (36-36 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 21.5 mm (18-25 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 4319.69 mm2 (4319.69-4319.69 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 343.33 mm (80-750 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.17 mm (2-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 348.53 g/m2 (249.33-396 g/m2) [sources: Funk_2016; Goble_1981; Veneklaas_2003]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.32 g/g (0.32-0.32 g/g) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.68 g/g (0.68-0.68 g/g) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: Veneklaas_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (1); linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; Veneklaas_2003; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9); tussock (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Funk_2016; SAH_2022; Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019; Veneklaas_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Funk_2016; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (11) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Funk_2016; Jordan_2001; Pekin_2011; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Veneklaas_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (5) [sources: Funk_2016; Pekin_2011; Standish_2019; Veneklaas_2003; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (5) [sources: Funk_2016; Pekin_2011; Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019; Williams_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 3 a (3-3 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): ants (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (2); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998; vanderMoezel_1987]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1); soil_seedbank (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Harvey_2017; Standish_2019]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Harvey_2017]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1); rhizome (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2022; Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): fleshy_underground_organ (2); none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Pekin_2011; Tsakalos_2022]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.6 mg (1.93-3.38 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.48 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.29 mm (1.08-1.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1); ovoid_flattened (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.89 m (0.55-1.5 m) [sources: Mokany_2015; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Funk_20161760J. L. Funk, R. J. Standish, W. D. Stock, and F. Valladares. “Plant functional traits of dominant native and invasive species in mediterranean-climate ecosystems”. Ecology 97.1 (2016), pp. 75-83. doi: 10.1890/15-0974.1.
Veneklaas_20031820E. J. Veneklaas and P. Poot. “Seasonal patterns in water use and leaf turnover of different plant functional types in a species-rich woodland, south-western Australia”. Plant and Soil 257.2 (2003), pp. 295-304. doi: 10.1023/a:1027383920150.
SAH_20231317S. 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/.
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Williams_201199R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
Harvey_201766J. M. Harvey, A. J. M. Hopkins, M. A. Langley, C. R. Gosper, M. R. Williams, and C. J. Yates. “Long-term studies of post-fire reproduction in an Australian shrubland and woodland”. Australian Journal of Botany 65.4 (2017), p. 339. doi: 10.1071/bt17011.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Burrows_2008_255N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202055N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Chen_201755Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Pekin_201155B. K. Pekin, R. S. Wittkuhn, M. M. Boer, C. Macfarlane, and P. F. Grierson. “Plant functional traits along environmental gradients in seasonally dry and fire-prone ecosystem”. Journal of Vegetation Science 22 (2011), pp. 1009-1020. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01323.x.
ANBG_201944Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Cheal_201744D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_198133B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
Tsakalos_202233J. L. Tsakalos, G. Ottaviani, S. Chelli, A. Rea, S. Elder, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Plant clonality in a soil-impoverished open ecosystem: insights from southwest Australian shrublands”. Annals of Botany 130.7 (2022), pp. 981-990. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcac131.
vanderMoezel_198733P. G. van der Moezel, W. A. Loneragan, and D. T. Bell. “Northern Sandplain Kwongan - regeneration following fire, juvenile period and flowering phenology”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 69.4 (1987), pp. 123-132.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Schmidt_199322S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
WAH_2023_222Western 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.
Goble_198111E. Goble-Garratt, D. Bell, and W. Loneragan. “Floristic and leaf structure patterns along a shallow elevational gradient”. Australian Journal of Botany 29 (1981), pp. 329-347. doi: 10.1071/bt9810329.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.