Cotula coronopifolia

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Cotula coronopifolia L.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cotula coronopifolia var. integrifolia Rodway (taxonomic synonym)
Cotula integrifolia Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Cotula sp. Kalbarri (G.J.Keighery & N.Gibson 2044) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (9), Hughes_1992 (3), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), Wright_2000 (9), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 138 records in 23 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 (1) [sources: Standish_2019]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 47.2 mm (10-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2014; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 8.5 mm (2-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); oblong (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (5); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (5); unlobed (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
life_history (categorical): annual (5); perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (1); dense (1); erect (3); mat-forming (1); prostrate (1); spreading (3); stoloniferous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): undefined (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyyynn (1); nnnnnyyyyyyn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2014_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.31 m (0.1-0.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Tsakalos_2020	16	17	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
RBGV_2023	10	12	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	9	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/.
SAH_2023	9	10	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/.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	8	10	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
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.
Wright_2000	9	9	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Standish_2019	6	6	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Morgan_2011_1	5	5	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
Hughes_1992	3	3	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Sweedman_2006	1	3	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
SAH_2014	1	2	J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.