Verbascum virgatum
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Family Scrophulariaceae
Taxonomy: Verbascum virgatum Stokes
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: Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (8), Doherty_2021 (2), Kubiak_2009 (1), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (20), OReillyNugent_2018 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (11), Standish_2019 (6), 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 37 traits from 105 records in 19 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); resprouts (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; Standish_2019]
- post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
- fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 20 mo (20-20 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 190 mm (80-300 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (3); obovate (3); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1); biennial (6); perennial (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (4); rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; SAH_2023; WAH_2022_2]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); yyyynnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
- seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Doherty_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.91 m (0.3-3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 14 | 20 | N. 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/. |
| RBGV_2023 | 14 | 20 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2023 | 9 | 11 | S. 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/. |
| Cheal_2017 | 8 | 8 | D. 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. |
| Standish_2019 | 6 | 6 | R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 5 | 5 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Burrows_2008_2 | 4 | 4 | N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025). |
| Burrows_2020 | 4 | 4 | N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 4 | 4 | S. 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_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Doherty_2021 | 2 | 2 | M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564. |
| OReillyNugent_2018 | 2 | 2 | A. O'Reilly-Nugent, E. Wandrag, C. Catford, B. Gruber, D. Driscoll, and R. Duncan. “Measuring competitive impact: Joint-species modelling of invaded plant communities”. Journal of Ecology 108 (2018), pp. 449-459. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 1 | 1 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| Mesaglio_2022 | 1 | 1 | T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |