Dicrastylis exsuccosa

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Dicrastylis exsuccosa (F.Muell.) Druce

Synonyms: 16 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dicrastyles ochrotricha Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa (F.Muell.) Druce subsp. exsuccosa (nomenclatural synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa (F.Muell.) Druce var. exsuccosa (nomenclatural synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa f. albo-lutea Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa f. lachnophylla Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa f. tomentosa Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa subsp. cinerea Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa subsp. elliptica Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa subsp. wilsonii Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa var. lanceolata Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis exsuccosa var. tomentosa Munir (taxonomic synonym)
Dicrastylis ochrotricha F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Dicrastylis tomentosa Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. (taxonomic synonym)
Pithyrodia exsucca F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Pityrodia exsuccosa F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Pityrodia exsuccosa F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), Crowley_2007 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Nano_2011 (1), RBGK_2014 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (8), SAH_2022 (7), SAH_2023 (24), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 58 records in 14 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 (4) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 16 mm (7-25 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.65 cm (0.5-0.8 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); ovate (2) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (1); obtuse (1); rounded (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: SAH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyyyyyyn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 9.98 mg (9.98-9.98 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.05 m (0.3-1.5 m) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	13	24	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/.
RussellSmith_2012	4	8	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
SAH_2022	4	7	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/.
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.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	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	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Crowley_2007	1	1	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	1	1	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
RBGK_2014	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://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.