Scoparia dulcis
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Family Plantaginaceae
Taxonomy: Scoparia dulcis L.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Scoparia dulcis L. var. dulcis (nomenclatural synonym)
- Scoparia dulcis var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (9), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), NTH_2022 (3), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 34 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.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 2.8 mm (2-3.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 11.25 mm (7.5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.82 m (0.25-1 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 8 | 10 | 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/. |
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 9 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| 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/. |
| NTH_2022 | 3 | 3 | D. 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/. |
| 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. |