Brachyscome petrophila
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Brachyscome petrophila G.L.Davis
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Brachycome petrophila G.L.Davis (orthographic variant)
Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (16), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 39 traits from 64 records in 8 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 (1) [sources: White_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.95 mm (1.6-2.3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 0.82 mm (0.75-0.9 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): 59.25 mm (20-110 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 16.75 mm (4-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (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 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2); rhizomatous (1); rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 13 | 16 | 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/. |
| RBGV_2023 | 11 | 15 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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. |