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Valerianella eriocarpa

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Family Caprifoliaceae

Taxonomy: Valerianella eriocarpa Desv.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Valeriana eriocarpa (Desv.) Christenh. & Byng (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Valerianella dentata var. eriocarpa (Desv.) Ewart (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Valerianella dentata (L.) Pollich (misapplied)

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), SAH_2014 (4), SAH_2022 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 28 records in 6 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): achene (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 47.5 mm (25-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); spathulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); rosette (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023; SAH_2022]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231113VicFlora. 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/.
SAH_201424J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.