Cotula vulgaris
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Cotula vulgaris Levyns
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Cotula filifolia var. decumbens Harv. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 32 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.
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): strap-shaped (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.09 mg (0.09-0.09 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
- seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
- seed_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.2-0.2 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/. |
| Jordan_2001 | 7 | 7 | 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. |
| 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. |
| Draper_2023 | 3 | 3 | J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | 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/. |
| 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. |