Taraxacum simile
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Taraxacum simile Raunk.
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 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 12 traits from 16 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 mm (3.5-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); grey (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 185 mm (100-270 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 42.5 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (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 | 9 | 13 | 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |