Performance traits |
Germination rate |
Length of leaf blade of longest leaf of three-month old seedlings |
Number of leaves longer than 1 cm of three-month old seedlings |
Number of shoots at the end of the flowering stage |
Number of flower heads at the end of the flowering stage |
Length of longest shoot at the end of the flowering stage |
Dry weight of above ground biomass at the end of the flowering stage |
Functional traits |
Days to germination |
Days to flowering |
Leaf dry matter content: ratio of dry to fresh weight of a randomly chosen rosette leaf |
Specific leaf area: ratio of area to dry weight of a randomly chosen rosette leaf |
Morphological traits |
Length to width ratio of leaf blade of longest leaf of three-month old seedlings |
Perimeter to area ratio of randomly chosen rosette leaf |
Perimeter to area ratio of randomly chosen mid-stem leaf |
Length to width ratio of leaf blade of longest leaf of three-month old seedlings |
Width of undivided middle part at the base devided by the total width at the base of a randomly chosen stem leaf |
Flower head diameter (average taken from three flower heads per plant) |