Polygala glaucifolia

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Family Polygalaceae

Taxonomy: Polygala glaucifolia R.A.Kerrigan

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Polygala sp. Prostrate (P.K.Latz 4900) NT Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Polygala chinensis var. squarrosa (Benth.) Domin (misapplied)
Polygala isingii Pedley (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (1), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 52 records in 10 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): 4.38 mm (3-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (2.5-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 11.75 mm (2.5-21 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (1-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.5 cm (0.5-0.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (2); obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (3); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); myrmecochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.58 mg (1.94-3.21 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_width (numerical): 1.45 mm (1.25-1.65 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.05 m (0.05-0.05 m) [sources: NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	13	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_2023	10	14	D. 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_2022	4	4	D. 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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	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.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.