Brachyscome basaltica

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome basaltica F.Muell.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Brachycome basaltica F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Brachycome basaltica var. basaltica Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Brachyscome basaltica F.Muell. var. basaltica (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Morgan_2011_2 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (10), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60), Williams_2011 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 103 records in 9 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: White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (30-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyn (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stolon (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.25 mg (0.25-0.25 mg) [sources: Morgan_2011_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.6-0.6 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	60	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	11	14	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	8	10	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Williams_2011	8	8	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
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.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Morgan_2011_2	1	1	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait database, La Trobe University”. 2011.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.