AusTraits

Brachyscome paludicola

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome paludicola P.S.Short

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachycome basaltica var. gracilis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome basaltica var. gracilis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40), Williams_2005 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 90 records in 10 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.1-2.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.92 mm (0.5-1.35 mm) [sources: 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) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 56.25 mm (20-90 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.3 mm (0.7-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (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 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1); rhizomatous (2); rosette (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
  • 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): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2); vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231115VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231114N. 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_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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
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.
Williams_200533N. 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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.