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Eschenbachia leucantha

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Eschenbachia leucantha (D.Don) Brouillet

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Blumea sp. (Windsor Tableland BH 15195) (taxonomic synonym)
  • Conyza leucantha (D.Don) Ludlow & P.H.Raven (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Conyza polycephala Edgew. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Conyza viscidula Wall. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Conyza viscidula Wall. ex DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Conyza wallichii DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Erigeron leucanthus D.Don (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cooper_2013 (9), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 29 records in 6 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
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • 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
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 2.5 m (2-3 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Cooper_201389W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_202379N. 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/.
NHNSW_2014_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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.