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Polygala saccopetala

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Family Polygalaceae

Taxonomy: Polygala saccopetala R.A.Kerrigan

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Polygala sp. Bradshaw (C.R.Michell 2113) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Polygala sp. Pouched petal (C.R.Michell 2113) R.A.Kerrigan (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Polygala arvensis Willd. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Polygala linariifolia Willd. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 54 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.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.6 mm (4.2-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.8 mm (3.3-4.3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (2-53 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.7 mm (1.4-12 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.08 cm (0-0.15 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); oblanceolate (2); obovate (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_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) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.95 mm (3.5-4.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3.02 mm (1.5-4.4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); ovoid (1); ovoid_elongated (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231421Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231218D. 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/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/.
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.
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.