Podalyria sericea
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Podalyria sericea (Andrews) R.Br.
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Sophora sericea Andrews (basionym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 30 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (25-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 9.5 mm (4-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2]
seed morphology
- seed_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): reniform (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.12 m (0.5-2.5 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 13 | 17 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| 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. |