Coronidium elatum

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Coronidium elatum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Gnaphalium elatum (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. (nomenclatural synonym)
Helichrysum albicans Sieber ex Spreng. (taxonomic synonym)
Helichrysum albicans var. commune Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Helichrysum elatum A.Cunn. ex DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
Helichrysum elatum A.Cunn. ex DC. var. elatum (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (2), Cunningham_1999 (12), Fonseca_2000 (5), Hughes_1992 (4), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Kubiak_2009 (7), Leishman_1993 (1), Leishman_1995 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (3), Ooi_2007 (47), Pickup_2021 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (7). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 58 traits from 140 records in 19 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): fire_killed (5) [sources: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: Pickup_2021]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1318.7 mm2 (637.4-2000 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995]
leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 24.95 mm (18.1-31.8 mm) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Fonseca_2000]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 26 mg (26-26 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (1-2 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 40.65 g/m2 (39.29-41.68 g/m2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1995]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.17 g/g (0.17-0.17 g/g) [sources: Cunningham_1999]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_oblong (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (4); subshrub (2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Cunningham_1999]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Cunningham_1999; White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; Leishman_1995; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Leishman_1995; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (1); nnnnnnnyyyyn (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.4 mg (0.07-0.52 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1993; Leishman_1995; Ooi_2007]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.5 m (1-2 m) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Ooi_2007	2	47	M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Cunningham_1999	12	12	S. A. Cunningham, B. Summerhayes, and M. Westoby. “Evolutionary divergences in leaf structure and chemistry, comparing rainfall and soil nutrient gradients”. Ecological Monographs 69 (1999), pp. 569-588. doi: [10.1890/0012-9615(1999)069[0569:EDILSA]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1890%2F0012-9615%281999%29069%5B0569%3AEDILSA%5D2.0.CO%3B2).
NHNSW_2023	9	12	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/.
Kubiak_2009	5	7	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	4	7	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Leishman_1995	6	6	M. R. Leishman, M. Westoby, and E. Jurado. “Correlates of seed size variation: A comparison among five temperate floras”. Journal of Ecology 83 (1995), pp. 517-529. doi: 10.2307/2261604.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Hughes_1992	4	4	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. 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.
Pickup_2021	3	3	M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_6	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_1993	1	1	M. Leishman. “Unpublished data: Seed mass data for Sydney species, Macquarie University”. 1990.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.