Wahlenbergia graniticola

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Family Campanulaceae

Taxonomy: Wahlenbergia graniticola Carolin

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

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Angevin_2011 (7), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (16), NSWFRD_2014 (6), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 113 records in 14 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 (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

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): 6.25 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (1.5-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 36.78 mm2 (36.78-36.78 mm2) [sources: Angevin_2011]
leaf_length (numerical): 34.75 mm (4-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.88 mm (0.5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 84.54 g/m2 (84.54-84.54 g/m2) [sources: Angevin_2011]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.24 g/g (0.24-0.24 g/g) [sources: Angevin_2011]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); oblanceolate (2); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (2); undulate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: Angevin_2011; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: Angevin_2011]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (3); zoochory (2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Draper_2023; Morgan_2011_1; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2); passive (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.01 mg (0.01-0.02 mg) [sources: Angevin_2011; Kew_2019_1]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid_flattened (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.51 m (0.07-0.95 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	15	19	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/.
Angevin_2011	7	7	T. Angevin. “Species richness and functional trait diversity response to land use in a temperate eucalypt woodland community”. Honours. La Trobe University, 2011.
NSWFRD_2014	6	6	B. 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.
Morgan_2011_1	5	5	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.