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Brachyscome spathulata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Brachyscome spathulata Gaudich.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachycome scapaeformis var. montana Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome scapiformis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome scapiformis var. glabra DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome scapiformis var. puberula DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachycome spathulata Gaudich. (orthographic variant)
  • Brachyscome scapiformis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome scapiformis DC. var. scapiformis (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome scapiformis var. glabra DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome scapiformis var. montana Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome scapiformis var. puberula DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome sp. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachyscome spathulata Gaudich. subsp. spathulata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachyscome spathulata subsp. glabra (DC.) H.M.Stace (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachyscome aculeata (Labill.) Less. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Brachyscome leucanthemifolia Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Cheal_2017 (8), Doherty_2021 (2), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (3), Mokany_2015 (2), Morgan_2014 (3), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (17), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tolsma_2007 (5), Venn_2011 (3), Vesk_2007 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 55 traits from 166 records in 22 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.8 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.1-2.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_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: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 538.22 mm2 (160.33-1602.21 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015; Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014; Venn_2011]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 48.62 mm (5-110 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15.75 mm (1-34 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 77.82 g/m2 (43.66-133.33 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014; Vesk_2007]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.07 g/g (0.07-0.07 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); spathulate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • 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 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Tolsma_2007; Vesk_2007; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; Tolsma_2007; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (2); rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; RBGV_2023]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynnnyyy (5) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (1); bud-bearing_root (1) [sources: Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.3 mg (0.21-0.51 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015; Morgan_2014; Venn_2011]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202060M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_20231017N. 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_20231216VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
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.
NSWFRD_201477B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Vesk_200727P. Vesk. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for flora of Falls Creek Victoria, University of Melbourne”. 2007.
Tolsma_200755A. D. Tolsma, S. M. Read, and K. G. Tolhurst. “Roots of Australian alpine plant species contain high levels of stored carbohydrates independent of post-fire regeneration strategy”. Australian Journal of Botany 55.8 (2007), pp. 771-779. doi: 10.1071/BT06216.
ANBG_201914Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Morgan_201433J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Venn_201133S. E. Venn, K. Green, C. M. Pickering, and J. W. Morgan. “Using plant functional traits to explain community composition across a strong environmental filter in Australian alpine snowpatches”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 1491-1499. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9923-1.
Doherty_202122M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.