Polygonum patulum
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Family Polygonaceae
Taxonomy: Polygonum patulum M.Bieb.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NSW (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (8), SAH_2014 (5), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 29 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): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): nut (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 28.75 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2014]
- leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (2-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2014]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (1); leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.6-1 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2014]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 6 | 8 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2023 | 5 | 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_2014 | 3 | 5 | J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986. |
| 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. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| 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. |