AusTraits

Plantago multiscapa

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Family Plantaginaceae

Taxonomy: Plantago multiscapa B.G.Briggs

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

Distribution (APC): NT, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (24), Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 81 records in 13 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
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.37 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.1 mm (1.8-2.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 2.1 mm (1.8-2.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 48.33 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 1.4 mm (0.7-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); strap-shaped (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (4); toothed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2022; SAH_2022]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.65 mm (2.3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.2 mm (1.2-1.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231824Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_20231216S. 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/.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
NTH_202244D. 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/.
NTH_202344D. 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/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.