Petunia x atkinsiana
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Family Solanaceae
Taxonomy: Petunia x atkinsiana (Sweet) D.Don ex W.H.Baxter
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Nierembergia x atkinsiana Sweet (nomenclatural synonym)
- Petunia x hybrida Vilm. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 25 records in 7 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): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 30 mm (15-45 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.35 m (0.15-0.8 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 10 | 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/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 1 | 1 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |