AusTraits

Trifolium glomeratum

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Trifolium glomeratum L.

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

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Catford_2014 (6), Cheal_2017 (5), Dwyer_2017 (3), Kubiak_2009 (2), Mesaglio_2022 (1), Mokany_2008 (67), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (11), Standish_2019 (6), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_2022_1 (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 53 traits from 168 records in 20 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.33 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 97.79 mm2 (75.64-129.34 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 11.82 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.4 mm (4-20.5 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 4 mg (2.3-5.6 mg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 36.95 g/m2 (27.63-58.52 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014; Dwyer_2017; Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.39 g/g (0.32-0.47 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.26 g/g (0.22-0.36 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (2); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_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): glabrous (1); hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 43.6 deg (22-69 deg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Tsakalos_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (8) [sources: Catford_2014; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Mokany_2008; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnynnn (1); nnnnnnnyyynn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; Tsakalos_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.34 mg (0.27-0.4 mg) [sources: Catford_2014; Dwyer_2017]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1); reniform (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Mokany_20081967K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
Tsakalos_20201617J. 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_20231114VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
SAH_20231011S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Catford_201466J. 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.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Cheal_201755D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Dwyer_201733J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
SAH_202233S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_133Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kubiak_200922P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mesaglio_202211T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.