Plagiobothrys canescens
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Family Boraginaceae
Taxonomy: Plagiobothrys canescens Benth.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Eritrichium canescens (Benth.) Gray (nomenclatural synonym)
- Plagiobotrys canescens Benth. (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 39 records in 8 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): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): white (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 31.25 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5.75 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): clustered (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 11 | 14 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 7 | 8 | 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_2014_2 | 5 | 5 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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/. |
| 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/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 2 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| 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. |