Gamochaeta pensylvanica
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Gamochaeta pensylvanica (Willd.) Cabrera
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gnaphalium pensylvanicum Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gnaphalium peregrinum Fernald (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Gnaphalium purpureum L. (misapplied)
- Gnaphalium subfalcatum Cabrera (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (6), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (2), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 40 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 (2) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.4 mm (0.3-0.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); yellow (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (25-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 11 mm (4-18 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- 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) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyynn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.22 m (0.1-0.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 11 | 15 | 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/. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 5 | 6 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 6 | 6 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| 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/. |
| 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/. |
| 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. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://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. |