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Ptilotus aervoides

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Ptilotus aervoides (F.Muell.) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Trichinium aervoides F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Islam_1999_1 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (9), Pate_1998 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (10), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 62 records in 16 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_type (categorical): utricle (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (4-70 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.88 mm (2-35 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NTH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Pate_1998]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NTH_2022; Pate_1998; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (4); perennial (1); short_lived_perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Pate_1998; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_succulence (categorical): not_succulent (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): mat-forming (1); prostrate (3); rosette (1) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; WAH_2023_1]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Pate_1998]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 22.9 mg/g (22.9-22.9 mg/g) [sources: Islam_1999_1]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.4 mg/g (1.4-1.4 mg/g) [sources: Islam_1999_1]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -24.59 {delta}[ppth] (-24.59--24.59 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Pate_1998]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.41 mg (0.41-0.41 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.15 mm (1.1-1.2 mm) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.07 m (0.04-0.1 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
WAH_2023_1710Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NTH_202379D. 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/.
Pate_199877J. S. Pate, M. J. Unkovich, P. D. Erskine, and G. R. Stewart. “Australian mulga ecosystems- 13C and 15N natural abundances of biota components and their ecophysiological significance”. Plant, Cell and Environment 21.12 (1998), pp. 1231-1242. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1998.00359.x.
Islam_1999_155M. Islam, D. W. Turner, and M. A. Adams. “Phosphorus availability and the growth, mineral composition and nutritive value of ephemeral forbs and associated perennials from the Pilbara, Western Australia”. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 39 (1999), pp. 149-159. doi: 10.1071/EA98133.
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.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_144Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_202333J. 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.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.