Scaevola linearis
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Family Goodeniaceae
Taxonomy: Scaevola linearis R.Br.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Lobelia linearis (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
- Merkusia linearis (R.Br.) de Vriese (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 41 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); green (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 43.5 mm (2-85 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (1-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): recurved (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): fasciculate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed morphology
- seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 11 | 14 | 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/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 10 | 13 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 4 | 4 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 3 | 3 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ABRS_1981 | 1 | 1 | B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |