Grindelia squarrosa
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Donia squarrosa Pursh (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Vic (formerly naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 19 records in 4 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 mm (1.5-4.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); grey (1); white (1); yellow (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 42.5 mm (15-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 12 mm (4-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); linear (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1); ovate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); subshrub (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): biennial (2); perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody_base (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 9 | 12 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 4 | 4 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |