AusTraits

Hemisteptia lyrata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Hemisteptia lyrata (Bunge) Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aplotaxis australasica F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aplotaxis bungei DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Aplotaxis carthamoides DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Aplotaxis multicaulis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cirsium lyratum Bunge (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Cnicus cathamoides Wall. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Haplotaxis australasica F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Hemistepta lyrata Bunge (orthographic variant)
  • Hemisteptia carthamoides (DC.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Saussurea affinis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Saussurea carthamoides (DC.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Saussurea lyrata (Bunge) Franch. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Serratula carthamoides Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Serratula carthamoides Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (7), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 28 records in 7 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): blue_purple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.08 mm (1.5-2.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.6-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_2023910N. 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/.
ABRS_202367Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal 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/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.