Wahlenbergia fluminalis

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Family Campanulaceae

Taxonomy: Wahlenbergia fluminalis (J.M.Black) E.Wimm. ex H.Eichler

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cephalostigma fluminale J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
Wahlenbergia fluminale H.Eichler (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Catford_2014 (6), Curtis_2012 (14), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (1), Leishman_1992 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 56 traits from 117 records in 18 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): resprouts (1) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.25 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 57.25 mm2 (7-107.49 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012; Leishman_1992]
leaf_length (numerical): 33.55 mm (4-60 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.7 mm (0.5-5 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 5 mg (5-5 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 49.13 g/m2 (46.93-51.32 g/m2) [sources: Catford_2014; Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.23 g/g (0.23-0.23 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblanceolate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); undulate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: Catford_2014; Curtis_2012; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: Catford_2014; Curtis_2012; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); passive (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.02 mg (0.01-0.03 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Catford_2014; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.41 m (0.05-0.8 m) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	14	18	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	12	16	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/.
Curtis_2012	14	14	E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
SAH_2023	9	12	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/.
Leishman_1992	7	7	M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
Catford_2014	6	6	J. 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.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_6	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.