AusTraits

Brachyscome parvula

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome parvula Hook.f.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachycome lissocarpa J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome parvula Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome parvula var. lissocarpa G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome lissocarpa J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome parvula Hook.f. var. parvula (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachyscome parvula var. lissocarpa (J.M.Black) G.L.Davis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pacquerina graminea var. heterophylla Sond. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Paquerina graminea var. heterophylla Sond. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), SAH_2022 (6), SAH_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (100), Williams_2005 (3), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 175 records in 14 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); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.4-2.1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.6-0.8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 55.42 mm (5-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (1.5-9 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (3); unlobed (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (6) [sources: Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1); rosette (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (6) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); barochory (1); zoochory (5) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (5); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (2); ynnnnnnnnnyy (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (5) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (5) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2005]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.05-0.1 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.7-0.7 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_202020100M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231216VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023915S. 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_201199R. 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.
Jordan_200177G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
SAH_202236S. 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/.
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.
Cheal_201733D. 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.
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.
Kew_2019_112Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.