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Petroselinum crispum

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Family Apiaceae

Taxonomy: Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Apium crispum Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Apium petroselinum L. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Carum petroselinum (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Petroselinum sativum Hoffm. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (4), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (17), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (9), WAH_2022_2 (2), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 41 records in 9 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
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 43.75 mm (10-120 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); obtriangular (1); triangular (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); biennial (2); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.64 m (0.25-1 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231117VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202379S. 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_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.
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/.
RBGV_202222VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.