Newcastelia spodiotricha

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Newcastelia spodiotricha F.Muell.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Newcastlia spodiotricha F.Muell. (orthographic variant)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Dicrastylis doranii F.Muell. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (8), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), NTH_2022 (2), NTH_2023 (10), Nano_2011 (2), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 35 traits from 66 records in 15 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; RussellSmith_2012]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 2.75 mm (2.5-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (20-65 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 21.25 mm (12-31 mm) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.2 cm (0-0.4 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); lanceolate (1); ovate (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); subshrub (1) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): abiotic (1); animals (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyyyn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 5.46 mg (4.48-6.45 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_length (numerical): 2.39 mm (2.39-2.39 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 2.7 mm (2.7-2.7 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.57 m (0.4-2 m) [sources: NTH_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	12	18	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/.
NTH_2023	8	10	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019	6	8	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
SAH_2022	4	4	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	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.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.
Sjostrom_2006	3	3	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
NTH_2022	2	2	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.