Brachyscome chrysoglossa

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome chrysoglossa F.Muell.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Brachycome chrysoglossa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachycome chrysoglossa F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Brachycome heterodonta var. A. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachycome marginata var. chrysoglossa G.L.Davis (nomenclatural synonym)
Brachyscome aff. curvicarpa (yellow ray florets) (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome curvicarpa var. (yellow-flowered) (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome heterodonta var. A (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome marginata var. chrysoglossa (F.Muell.) G.L.Davis (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Brachyscome curvicarpa G.L.Davis (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (57). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 114 records in 11 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 (3) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.7 mm (2.5-2.9 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.85 mm (1.6-2.1 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (10-110 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 10 mm (2-18 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
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 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); zoochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnyyyy (3) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.14 mg (0.14-0.14 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 3.82 mm (3.82-3.82 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 2.44 mm (2.44-2.44 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.28 m (0.15-0.4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	57	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	12	17	N. 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/.
RBGV_2023	12	17	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019	4	4	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.