Rumex obtusifolius

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Family Polygonaceae

Taxonomy: Rumex obtusifolius L.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Rumex crispus L. x Rumex obtusifolius L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 50 records in 11 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): 4.88 mm (3.5-6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2); indehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 265 mm (230-300 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 120 mm (100-140 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.7-0.7 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.6-1 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	11	13	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	11	12	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/.
Wright_2000	5	5	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
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.
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/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	2	2	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/.
WAH_2023_2	1	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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.