Centaurea eriophora
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Centaurea eriophora 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 (10), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 31 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): 4.25 mm (4-4.5 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): brown (2); grey (1); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 120 mm (120-120 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); narrowly_oblong (1); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (2) [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 (3); biennial (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): 0.55 m (0.2-0.8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 10 | 12 | 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_2023 | 9 | 10 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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. |