Prunus spinosa
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Family Rosaceae
Taxonomy: Prunus spinosa L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (22), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 29 records in 4 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): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); blue (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (20-40 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 20 mm (10-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.3-1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (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 (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 16 | 22 | 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/. |
| 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. |