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Gamochaeta americana

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Gnaphalium americanum Mill. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Gamochaeta spicata Cabrera (pro parte misapplied)
  • Gnaphalium coarctatum Willd. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Gnaphalium spicatum Lam. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT (doubtfully naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (5), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 49 records in 9 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 (1); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 0.52 mm (0.5-0.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); orange (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 67.5 mm (30-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 11 mm (4-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); spathulate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); undulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1); flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2); biennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rosette (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.24 m (0.1-0.4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231216VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_20231013N. 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_201455B. 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.
NHNSW_2014_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kubiak_200933P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202222N. 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.