Plectranthus verticillatus
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Family Lamiaceae
Taxonomy: Plectranthus verticillatus (L.f.) Druce
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ocimum verticillatum L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Ocymum verticillatum L.f. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Plectranthus nummularius Briq. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (4), Wenk_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 18 traits from 29 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): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 28 mm (16-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 26 mm (12-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.8 cm (0.6-3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); truncate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.25-0.25 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 12 | 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 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 2 | 4 | 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 | 4 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |