Phormium tenax
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Family Hemerocallidaceae
Taxonomy: Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (doubtfully naturalised), NI, Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 46 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
- flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 67.5 mm (45-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 1500 mm (1000-2000 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 3.07 mg (3.07-3.07 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
- seed_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1); sinusoidal (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 16 | 21 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 12 | 15 | 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 | 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/. |
| ANBG_2019 | 3 | 3 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| 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. |