AusTraits

Pistia stratiotes

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Family Araceae

Taxonomy: Pistia stratiotes L.

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT, Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2024 (11), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (13), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 51 records in 10 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): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.25 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): green (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 84.17 mm (20-170 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 50 mm (15-85 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (0-2 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); obtriangular (1); spathulate (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_2022_2]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): floating (1); mat-forming (1); rhizomatous (1); rosette (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ABRS_2023; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_shape (categorical): cylindrical (1); ellipsoid (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231013D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2024811N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_268Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202366Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_202222D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.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.