AusTraits

Centaurea benedicta

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Carbena benedicta Ewart (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Carbeni benedicta (L.) Adans. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cnicus benedictus L. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (formerly naturalised), NSW (formerly naturalised), Vic (formerly naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), NHNSW_2014_2 (8), NHNSW_2024 (9), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 48 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8.45 mm (7.2-11 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); grey (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 266.67 mm (100-300 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 71.12 mm (26.7-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3); biennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.45 m (0.3-0.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231112VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202389Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202499N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_268Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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/.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.