Coronidium rutidolepis

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Coronidium rutidolepis (DC.) N.G.Walsh

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Coronidium sp. Rutidolepis (A.Cunningham Apr/?) NE Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Gnaphalium rutidolepis (DC.) Sch.Bip. (nomenclatural synonym)
Helichrysum rutidolepis DC. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Cheal_2017 (5), Jordan_2001 (5), Kubiak_2009 (3), Leishman_1992 (7), Mokany_2015 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (9), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Williams_2005 (5), Williams_2011 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 44 traits from 82 records in 16 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): resprouts (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Jordan_2001]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 261.33 mm2 (20-502.66 mm2) [sources: Leishman_1992; Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 263.75 mm (25-700 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (1.5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023; Williams_2005]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Williams_2005; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnnnny (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Williams_2005]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
bud_bank_location (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.23 mg (0.07-0.39 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Leishman_1992]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.42 m (0.15-0.5 m) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	9	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/.
NHNSW_2023	8	10	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	9	9	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.
Williams_2011	8	8	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Leishman_1992	7	7	M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
Cheal_2017	5	5	D. 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_2001	5	5	G. 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.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Williams_2005	5	5	N. S. G. Williams, J. W. Morgan, M. J. McDonnell, and M. A. McCarthy. “Plant traits and local extinctions in natural grasslands along an urban-rural gradient”. Journal of Ecology 93.6 (2005), pp. 1203-1213. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01039.x.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
SAH_2022	4	4	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/.
Kubiak_2009	3	3	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	1	1	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Mokany_2015	1	1	K. 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_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.