AusTraits

Samolus repens

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Primulaceae

Taxonomy: Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers.

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Samolus ambiguus R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus bickfordiana W.Fitzg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus bickfordianus W.Fitzg. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus littoralis R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus littoralis R.Br. var. littoralis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus littoralis var. incana (Labill.) Duby (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus parviflorus Nees (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Pers. var. repens (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Samolus repens var. ambiguus (R.Br.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus repens var. floribundus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus repens var. incana (Labill.) Pax & R.Knuth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus repens var. paucifolius Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus repens var. procumbens R.Knuth (taxonomic synonym)
  • Samolus repens var. stricta Cockayne (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sheffieldia incana Labill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sheffieldia repens J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Samolus littoralis var. repens (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Endl. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, NI, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Draper_2023 (3), Hughes_1992 (3), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_3 (2), Kubiak_2009 (3), Mokany_2015 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (6), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (12), Tsakalos_2020 (36), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (14), WAH_2023_2 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 191 records in 27 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (4) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 628.32 mm2 (628.32-628.32 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 22.17 mm (3-50 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.62 mm (1-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); oblanceolate (2); obovate (3); spathulate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; TMAG_2009; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (2); leaf (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (14) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): chamaephyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (13) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (10) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (2); decumbent (1); dense (1); erect (7); prostrate (1); rhizomatous (1); rosette (2); stoloniferous (1); tufted (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023; SAH_2022; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 2.5 a (2.5-2.5 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); epizoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1); birds (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (2); ynnnnnyyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyynnnnnnnny (1); yyyynnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; TMAG_2009; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.07-0.07 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.4-0.4 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.2-0.2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Tsakalos_20201736J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
WAH_2022_2414Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
RBGV_20231012VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231012S. 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/.
TMAG_20091012Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Pickup_2021510M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Williams_201199R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
WAH_2023_218Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NHNSW_202356N. 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/.
Burrows_2008_255N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202055N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.
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.
Hughes_199233L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kubiak_200933P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_322Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
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.