AusTraits

Wahlenbergia ceracea

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Family Campanulaceae

Taxonomy: Wahlenbergia ceracea Lothian

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

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (19), Arnold_2021 (792), Arnold_2022 (3330), Arnold_2024 (4882), Cheal_2017 (6), Geange_2017 (2200), Jordan_2001 (6), Kew_2019_1 (4), Mokany_2015 (1), Morgan_2014 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (6), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 80 traits from 11,326 records in 22 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_dry_mass (numerical): 333.19 mg (19-1484 mg) [sources: Arnold_2024]
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4.5 mm (3.5-5.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 199.68 mm2 (14.6-442 mm2) [sources: Geange_2017; Mokany_2015; Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 26.25 mm (5-50 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 6.75 mg (0.5-22.55 mg) [sources: Geange_2017]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 30.5 g/m2 (4.88-220.86 g/m2) [sources: Arnold_2022; Arnold_2024; Geange_2017; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.25 g/g (0.05-0.58 g/g) [sources: Geange_2017]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.3 g/g (0.03-1.58 g/g) [sources: Geange_2017; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rhizomatous (2); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 0.22 a (0.13-0.41 a) [sources: Arnold_2022]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 25.97 mg/g (8-46 mg/g) [sources: Geange_2017]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.25 {delta}[ppth] (-32.56--25.8 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Geange_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.1 mg (0.02-0.88 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Morgan_2014]
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.64 mm (0.6-0.68 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.35 mm (0.3-0.4 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1); ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Arnold_202474882P. A. Arnold, S. Wang, R. F. Notarnicola, A. B. Nicotra, and L. E. B. Kruuk. “Testing the evolutionary potential of an alpine plant: phenotypic plasticity in response to growth temperature outweighs parental environmental effects and other genetic causes of variation”. Journal of Experimental Botany 75.18 (2024). Ed. by M. Jones, pp. 5971-5988. ISSN: 1460-2431. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae290.
Arnold_2022113330P. A. Arnold, S. Wang, A. A. Catling, L. E. B. Kruuk, and A. B. Nicotra. “Patterns of phenotypic plasticity along a thermal gradient differ by trait type in an alpine plant”. Functional Ecology 36.9 (2022), pp. 2412-2428. ISSN: 1365-2435. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14128.
Geange_2017192200S. R. Geange, V. F. Briceno, N. C. Aitken, J. A. Ramirez-Valiente, M. Holloway-Phillips, and A. B. Nicotra. “Phenotypic plasticity and water availability: responses of alpine herb species along an elevation gradient”. Climate Change Responses 4.1 (2017), pp. 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s40665-017-0033-8.
Arnold_20213792P. A. Arnold, V. F. Briceño, K. M. Gowland, A. A. Catling, L. A. Bravo, and A. B. Nicotra. “A high-throughput method for measuring critical thermal limits of leaves by chlorophyll imaging fluorescence”. Functional Plant Biology 48.6 (2021), p. 634. ISSN: 1445-4408. doi: 10.1071/fp20344.
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ANBG_2019619Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231317N. 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/.
Cheal_201766D. 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.
Jordan_200166G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
NSWFRD_201466B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Morgan_201433J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Mokany_201511K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.