Pentaglottis sempervirens
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Family Boraginaceae
Taxonomy: Pentaglottis sempervirens (L.) Tausch ex L.H.Bailey
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Anchusa sempervirens L. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Mokany_2015 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 23 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): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 2591.81 mm2 (2591.81-2591.81 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 250 mm (100-400 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (30-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.78 m (0.3-1 m) [sources: Mokany_2015; RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 10 | 14 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Mokany_2015 | 2 | 2 | K. 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. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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. |