Ixodia achillaeoides subsp. alata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Ixodia achillaeoides subsp. alata (Schltdl.) Copley

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ixodia achillaeoides var. alata (Schltdl.) Ewart (nomenclatural synonym)
Ixodia alata Schltdl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 32 traits from 52 records in 8 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_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 50 mm (5-100 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 5.25 mm (1-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (2); narrowly_lanceolate (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (3); subshrub (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.19 mg (0.19-0.19 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.7 m (0.8-2 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	9	12	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/.
RBGV_2023	9	11	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/.
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/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.