AusTraits

Brachyscome aculeata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome aculeata (Labill.) Less.

Synonyms: 10 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bellis aculeata Labill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachycome aculeata Less. (orthographic variant)
  • Brachycome leucanthemifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome sieberi var. gunnii DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome stricta DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome billardierei Cass. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome billardieri Cass. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome leucanthemifolia Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome sieberi var. gunnii DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome stricta DC. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (6), Cheal_2017 (5), Doherty_2021 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (2), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Pickup_2021 (5), RBGV_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Williams_2005 (4), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 131 records in 20 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): fire_killed (2); resprouts (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1); white_cream (2); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.38 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2.3 mm (2.1-2.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1478.12 mm2 (1385.44-1570.8 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 77.5 mm (20-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1); obtriangular (1); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_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 (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2023]
  • 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 (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnyy (2); yyyyynnnyyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Williams_2005]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2); transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2); vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.33 mg (0.26-0.4 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.27 mm (1.54-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.26 mm (1.02-1.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231014VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231112N. 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/.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
eFLOWER_Dun_202267L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ANBG_201956Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Cheal_201755D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NSWFRD_201455B. 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.
Pickup_202155M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
Williams_200544N. S. G. Williams, J. W. Morgan, M. J. McDonnell, and M. A. McCarthy. “Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient”. Journal of Ecology 93.6 (2005), pp. 1203-1213. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01039.x.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Kew_2019_612Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201512K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.