AusTraits

Cotoneaster glaucophyllus

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Franch.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cotoneaster glaucophylla Franch. (orthographic variant)
  • Cotoneaster glaucophyllus f. serotinus (Hutch.) Stapf (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cotoneaster glaucophyllus var. serotinus (Hutch.) L.T.Lu & Brach (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cotoneaster serotinus Hutch. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pyrus glaucophylla (Franch.) M.F.Fay & Christenh. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Clarke_2015 (1), Kubiak_2009 (4), Mesaglio_2022 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (20), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 60 records in 13 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 7.5 mm (7-8 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): pome (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 55 mm (30-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27.5 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.5-1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.33 m (1-3 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231520VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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_200934P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_202244N. 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_201434B. 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.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_222Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_201511P. 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.
Mesaglio_202211T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.