Persicaria filiformis
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Family Polygonaceae
Taxonomy: Persicaria filiformis (Thunb.) Nakai ex A.T.Lee
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Polygonum filiforme Thunb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (9), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 38 records in 6 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 130 mm (100-160 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 55 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.25 cm (1-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 40.19 g/m2 (40.19-40.19 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.08 mg (2.08-2.08 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 12 | 18 | N. 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/. |
| Catford_2014 | 9 | 9 | J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| 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. |