Platycapnos spicatus

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Family Papaveraceae

Taxonomy: Platycapnos spicatus (L.) Bernh.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Fumaria spicata L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (doubtfully naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), Chen_2017 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 23 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): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): nut (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1) [sources: Chen_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.25-0.25 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	6	6	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SAH_2023	6	6	S. 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/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. 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/.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Chen_2017	1	1	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.