AusTraits

Trifolium squamosum

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Trifolium squamosum L.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Trifolium maritimum Huds. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (13), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 20 records in 4 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): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 17.5 mm (10-25 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (3-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231013VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.