AusTraits

Hypochaeris albiflora

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Hypochaeris albiflora (Kuntze) Azevedo-Gonc. & Matzenb.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hypochaeris brasiliensis var. albiflora Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hypochaeris microcephala var. albiflora (Kuntze) Cabrera (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Hypochoeris microcephalus var. albiflora Stanley (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Hypochaeris microcephala (Sch.Bip.) Cabrera (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (6), Leishman_1992 (7), Mesaglio_2022 (4), 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 21 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.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 8 mm (6-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1); nnnnnnnnyynn (1); nnnnynnnnnnn (1); ynnnnnnnyyyy (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.4 mg (0.4-0.4 mg) [sources: Leishman_1992]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.32 m (0.15-0.4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_202389N. 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/.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
ABRS_202366Australian 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_255Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Mesaglio_202214T. Mesaglio. “Unpublished data: Comprehensive biodiversity survey of Wategora Reserve and Everley Park along Duck River, western Sydney”. 2022. doi: 10.32942/X29886.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.