Table 3.
Loadings of reproductive and vegetative traits of S. sponhemica on principal components derived from (a) vegetative (73·7 % of variation) and (b) reproductive traits (80·0 % of variation) after varimax rotation
| (a) Vegetative traits | PC LEAFSIZE (M) | PC PLANTSIZE (Lh) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (M) | Leaf area (sqrt) | 0·97 | −0·01 |
| (M) | Leaf perimeter | 0·93 | 0·01 |
| (M) | Leaf length | 0·87 | 0·05 |
| (M) | Leaf width | 0·86 | −0·01 |
| (M) | Number of leaf lobes | 0·61 | 0·17 |
| (M) | Leaf shape (log) | −0·82 | −0·02 |
| (Lh) | Plant diameter (sqrt) | 0·04 | 0·93 |
| (Lh) | Number of rosettes (sqrt) | −0·15 | 0·86 |
| (M) | Diameter of largest rosette | 0·28 | 0·74 |
| (b) Reproductive traits | PC PETALSIZE (M) | PC REPRO (Lh) | |
| (M) | Petal perimeter | 0·99 | 0·05 |
| (M) | Petal area | 0·99 | 0·04 |
| (M) | Petal shape (log) | −0·97 | -0·05 |
| (M) | Petal length | 0·89 | 0·07 |
| (M) | Petal width | 0·84 | 0·02 |
| (M) | Diameter of flower | 0·76 | 0·05 |
| (Lh) | Number of flowers per plant (sqrt) | −0·05 | 0·97 |
| (Lh) | Number of flowering stems (sqrt) | −0·07 | 0·90 |
| (Lh) | Number of flowers per rosette (sqrt) | 0·08 | 0·84 |
| (Lh) | Length of the longest flowering stem | 0·21 | 0·73 |
The strongest correlations (|r| > 0·6) are in bold.
For some analyses, traits were also divided into morphological (M) and life-history (Lh) traits.