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Brachyscome ciliaris

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome ciliaris (Labill.) Less.

Synonyms: 28 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Bellis ciliaris Labill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachycome billardieri Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris Less. (orthographic variant)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. brachyglossa Gauba (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. glandulosa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. grandiflora Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. lanuginosa Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. lyrifolia G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. subdissecta Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. subintegra Reader (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome ciliaris var. subintegrifolia G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome dimorphocarpa G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome drummondii Walp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome lanuginosa Steetz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome lyrifolia J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome billardierei Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris (Labill.) Less. var. ciliaris (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris var. brachyglossa Gauba (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris var. glandulosa Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris var. grandiflora Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris var. lanuginosa (Steetz) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris var. lyrifolia (J.M.Black) G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris var. subdissecta Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome ciliaris var. subintegrifolia G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome dimorphocarpa G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome drummondii Walp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome lanuginosa Steetz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome lyrifolia J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Cheal_2017 (5), Crowley_2007 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (3), Fonseca_2000 (4), Jurado_1991 (6), Kew_2019_1 (7), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (6), Leishman_1992 (7), Mokany_2015 (1), Moles_2003 (4), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), Nano_2011 (2), RBGV_2022 (15), RBGV_2023 (32), SAH_2014 (1), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (29), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (16), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (12), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (9), White_2020 (180), Wright_2000 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 59 traits from 394 records in 35 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 (10); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; 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): 1.81 mm (1.1-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (8) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 360.04 mm2 (13-1385.44 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 27.93 mm (5-60 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.2 mm (1-20 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 2 mg (2-2 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 47.22 g/m2 (28.64-65.79 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); linear (4); obovate (1); ovate (1); strap-shaped (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (6) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (10); lobed_deep (1); unlobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (12) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (12) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (24); subshrub (1) [sources: Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; Moles_2003; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5); perennial (10); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Leishman_1992; Moles_2003; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (11); semi_woody (1); woody_root (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (3); decumbent (2); erect (7); rosette (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (10) [sources: White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Tsakalos_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (11) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3); zoochory (10) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (10); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (12) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (10) [sources: White_2020]
  • seed_viability (numerical): 0.72 {count}/{count} (0.72-0.72 {count}/{count}) [sources: Moles_2003]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (10) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.11 mg (0.07-0.27 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Dwyer_2017; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.42 m (0.4-0.45 m) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (11) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_202018180M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231132VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_20231029S. 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/.
Tsakalos_20201516J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_2022415VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231012N. 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/.
WAH_2022_2412Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wheeler_200279J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Kew_2019_117Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
Wright_200077I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Jurado_199166E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
Kew_2019_616Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
ANBG_201914Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Fonseca_200044C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Moles_200344A. T. Moles, D. I. Warton, and M. Westoby. “Seed size and survival in the soil in arid Australia”. Austral Ecology 28.5 (2003), pp. 575-585. doi: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01314.x.
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/.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.
Crowley_200723G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
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.
Dwyer_201733J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201511K. 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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
SAH_201411J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.