Brachyscome mittagongensis
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Brachyscome mittagongensis P.S.Short
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Brachyscome heterophylla Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Brachyscome sieberi DC. (doubtful misapplied)
- Brachyscome sieberi DC. (doubtful pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 23 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.4 mm (1.3-1.5 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): brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 24.5 mm (11-38 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 7.25 mm (3.5-11 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- 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); prostrate (1); rhizomatous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 12 | 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. |
| 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. |