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Elephantopus mollis

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Elephantopus mollis Kunth

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Elephantopus carolinianus var. mollis (Kunth) Beurlin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Elephantopus hypomalacus S.F.Blake (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elephantopus martii Graham (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elephantopus pilosus Philipson (taxonomic synonym)
  • Elephantopus sericeus Graham (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Cooper_2013 (9), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 46 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.67 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); grey (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 142.5 mm (60-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 72.5 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (1); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.17 m (0.5-1.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231215Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023911N. 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/.
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.