Erechtites valerianifolius
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Erechtites valerianifolius (Link ex Spreng.) DC.
Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Erechthites valerianaefolia A.D.Chapm. (orthographic variant)
- Erechthites valerianifolia Domin (orthographic variant)
- Erechtites valerianaefolia DC. (orthographic variant)
- Erechtites valerianifolia S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Pickard (orthographic variant)
- Senecio valerianaefolius Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Senecio valerianifolius Link ex Spreng. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Senecio valerianifolius Wolf (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (9), Kubiak_2009 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (23), NSWFRD_2014 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 48 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 (2) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2-4 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 85 mm (30-200 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.75 cm (0-5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4); shrub (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): ynnnyyyyyyyy (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.62 m (1-2 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 12 | 23 | 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/. |
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 9 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 4 | 5 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 2 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NSWFRD_2014 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| 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. |