Cotula vulgaris var. australasica
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Cotula vulgaris var. australasica J.H.Willis
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cotula filifolia Thunb. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (8), Kew_2019_1 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 33 traits from 49 records in 8 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: White_2020]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): filiform (1); strap-shaped (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyyyn (1) [sources: White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.1 mg (0.09-0.11 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| RBGV_2023 | 10 | 11 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2023 | 8 | 8 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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/. |
| 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. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |