Iotasperma sessilifolium
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Iotasperma sessilifolium (F.Muell.) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Erigeron sessilifolia R.A.Kerrigan & Albr. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Erigeron sessilifolius F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Iotasperma sessilifolia G.L.Nesom (orthographic variant)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Erigeron ambiguus F.Muell. (misapplied)
- Iotasperma australiense G.L.Nesom (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (13), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 27 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): yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 30 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (3-12 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.22 m (0.1-0.35 m) [sources: SAH_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 10 | 13 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| Draper_2023 | 3 | 3 | J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 2 | 2 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |