Craspedia lamicola

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Craspedia lamicola J.Everett & Joy Thomps.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Craspedia sp. E (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (11), Kew_2019_1 (1), Morgan_2014 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (9), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Venn_2011 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (40). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 104 records in 15 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: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.75 mm (1-2.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 1562.33 mm2 (1003.41-1842 mm2) [sources: Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014; Venn_2011]
leaf_length (numerical): 145 mm (40-250 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 47.84 g/m2 (47.84-47.84 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.11 g/g (0.11-0.11 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): spathulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.82 mg (0.05-1.13 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Morgan_2014; Venn_2011]
seed_length (numerical): 2.55 mm (2.55-2.55 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 1.11 mm (1.11-1.11 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.35 m (0.2-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	40	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	11	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019	6	11	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2023	7	9	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	4	4	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.
Pickering_2014	4	4	C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
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.
Morgan_2014	3	3	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Venn_2011	3	3	S. E. Venn, K. Green, C. M. Pickering, and J. W. Morgan. “Using plant functional traits to explain community composition across a strong environmental filter in Australian alpine snowpatches”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 1491-1499. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9923-1.
NHNSW_2022	2	2	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	2	2	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.