Brachyscome dentata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome dentata Gaudich.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)

Brachycome calocarpa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachycome dentata Gaudich. (orthographic variant)
Brachycome heterodonta DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachycome marginata Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome calocarpa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome heterodonta DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome marginata Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome marginata Benth. var. marginata (taxonomic synonym)
Vittadinia dentata (Gaudich.) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (13), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Soliveres_2012 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (119), Williams_2005 (4), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 226 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 (1); resprouts (7) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 6 mo (6-6 mo) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2.4-4.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 2.2 mm (1.6-2.8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 45.83 mm (20-85 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.58 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1); obtriangular (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [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 (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (7) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (14) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Soliveres_2012; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (7) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (6) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (7) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (5); zoochory (6) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; Soliveres_2012; White_2020; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (6); wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (8); ynnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (6) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (7) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2005]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.3 mg (0.25-0.32 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.44 mm (2.44-2.44 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 1.62 mm (1.62-1.62 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_flattened (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.39 m (0.15-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (6) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	119	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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/.
NHNSW_2023	11	14	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	8	13	B. 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.
SAH_2023	9	12	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/.
Williams_2011	9	9	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.
ANBG_2019	5	5	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.
Williams_2005	4	4	N. 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_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.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
Soliveres_2012	3	3	S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. 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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.