Taraxacum acrophorum

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Taraxacum acrophorum G.E.Haglund

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 18 records in 3 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): 3.35 mm (3.2-3.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); purple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 117.5 mm (90-145 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
RBGV_2023	12	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.