Trifolium arvense var. arvense
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Family Fabaceae
Taxonomy: Trifolium arvense L. var. arvense
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Trifolium arvense var. glabrum Vis. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (7), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Stephens_2021 (2), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 52 records in 9 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): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 49.86 g/m2 (49.86-49.86 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (3); spreading (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (1); ynnnnynyyyyn (1) [sources: Stephens_2021; Tsakalos_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.4 mg (0.4-0.4 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]
- seed_length (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsakalos_2020 | 16 | 17 | J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787. |
| RBGV_2023 | 12 | 14 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Catford_2014 | 7 | 7 | J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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/. |
| Stephens_2021 | 1 | 2 | R. Stephens. “Unpublished data: Flowering time data from TERN plots, Macquarie University.”. 2021. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |