Centaurea cineraria
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Centaurea cineraria L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 27 records in 6 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 4.47 mm (3.6-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): grey (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 100 mm (100-100 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1); biennial (1); perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.9-0.9 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 9 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2023 | 9 | 9 | S. 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/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. 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/. |
| 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. |