Brachyscome microcarpa

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome microcarpa F.Muell.

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)

Brachycome discolor Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachycome microcarpa F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Brachyscome aff. nova-anglica (A) (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome aff. nova-anglica cytodeme A (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome discolor C.Stuart ex Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome nova-anglica C (taxonomic synonym)
Brachyscome supersp. basaltica species no. 3 (doubtful taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Wright_2000 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 41 traits from 71 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 (2) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (1-1.8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 75 mm (75-75 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_ovate (1); orbicular (1); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
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 (1); zoochory (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (2); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.58 m (0.58-0.58 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	10	11	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/.
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/.
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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wright_2000	3	3	I. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.