Ptilotus halophilus
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Family Amaranthaceae
Taxonomy: Ptilotus halophilus R.W.Davis
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ptilotus sp. salt lake (M.Graham G200. 28) WA Herbarium (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_1 (7), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 22 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 36.5 mm (8-65 mm) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
- leaf_width (numerical): 7 mm (2-12 mm) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); open (1); prostrate (2); rosette (1) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; WAH_2023_1]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (1) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.94 mg (0.94-0.94 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.08 m (0.08-0.08 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAH_2023_1 | 5 | 7 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_1 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |