Petrorhagia nanteuilii

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Family Caryophyllaceae

Taxonomy: Petrorhagia nanteuilii (Burnat) P.W.Ball & Heywood

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dianthus nanteuilii Burnat (nomenclatural synonym)
Tunica nanteuilii (Burnat) Gürke (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Kohlrauschia prolifera (L.) Kunth (misapplied)
Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P.W.Ball & Heywood (misapplied)
Tunica prolifera (L.) Scop. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (14), Cheal_2017 (5), Mesaglio_2022 (3), Mokany_2008 (67), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (2), OReillyNugent_2018 (2), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 148 records in 17 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: NSWFRD_2014]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (6-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 70.34 mm2 (23.86-109.96 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 40.04 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.94 mm (1.23-2.39 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 1.58 mg (1-2.3 mg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 51.5 g/m2 (41.9-60.88 g/m2) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.22 g/g (0.11-0.32 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.2 g/g (0.16-0.25 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 40 deg (22-60 deg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnny (1); nnnnnnnnynnn (2) [sources: Mesaglio_2022]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.57 mm (1.3-1.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.62 m (0.6-0.65 m) [sources: Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2014]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Mokany_2008	19	67	K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
ABRS_2023	12	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023	12	14	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/.
RBGV_2023	11	12	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	9	9	S. 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/.
Cheal_2017	5	5	D. 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.
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/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. 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_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Mesaglio_2022	1	3	T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
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/.
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.
NSWFRD_2014	2	2	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
OReillyNugent_2018	2	2	A. O'Reilly-Nugent, E. Wandrag, C. Catford, B. Gruber, D. Driscoll, and R. Duncan. “Measuring competitive impact: Joint-species modelling of invaded plant communities”. Journal of Ecology 108 (2018), pp. 449-459.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
SAH_2014	1	1	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.