Lilac Chastetree

Vitex agnus-castus L.

2005 Luigi Rignanese cc-by-nc

Vitex agnus-castus (Lilac Chastetree) is a species of shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It has a self-supporting growth form. It has simple, broad leaves. Flowers are visited by Battus philenor (Linnaues 1771). Vitex agnus-castus is a photoautotroph. Individuals can grow to 2.5 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.

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EOL has data for 28 attributes, including:

Vegetative plant height
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Plant_height_vegetative
- Definition: the plant height considering the highest vegetative component
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2.5 m
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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California
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5332921
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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scrubland
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000300
- Definition: Area covered with low-growing or stunted perennial vegetation and usually not mixed with trees.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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is a component of
- URI: http://purl.allotrope.org/ontologies/property#AFX_0000939
- Definition: A physical object that is a component of a physical system.
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Nerio Tamaricetea vegetation unit
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/esl_NER
- Definition: Circummediterranean and Macaronesian riparian scrub
- Attribution: Br._Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958 AND https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12257, accessed at https://www.synbiosys.alterra.nl/evc/, May 2020
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is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus 1758) (Scarce Swallowtail)
leaf sheddability
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0008548
- Definition: A plant's disposition to lose leaves by a natural process
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deciduous
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001731
- Definition: Deciduous (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to shed foliage.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:cjm]
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, binneal, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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optimal growth temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthTemperature
- Definition: Optimal temperature conditions for cell division
- Attribution: Created by Anne Thessen
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22 degrees Celsius
optimal rainfall
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/optimal_rainfall
- Definition: rainfall required for survival and growth
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900 mm/year
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Chrysonotomyia
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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woody
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q757163
- Definition: a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue. Wood is a structural cellular adaptation that allows woody plants to grow from above ground stems year after year, thus making some woody plants the largest and tallest terrestrial plants. Wood is usually primarily composed of xylem cells with cell walls made of cellulose and lignin
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_plant
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rooting depth
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000519
- Definition: It is calculated from the deepest soil layer where roots were present and the longest root measured in the layer.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GR:pj] [database_cross_reference: PMID:12582650]
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150 cm

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of lilac chastetree

2005 Luigi Rignanese cc-by-nc