Taraxacum quadrangulum
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Taraxacum quadrangulum Railons.
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 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 19 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): 4.15 mm (3.8-4.5 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): 280 mm (230-330 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 70 mm (60-80 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sagittate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); 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 | 13 | 16 | 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |