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Olearia axillaris

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Olearia axillaris (DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth.

Synonyms: 19 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Aster axillaris (DC.) F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eurybia axillaris DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eurybia axillaris DC. var. axillaris (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Eurybia axillaris var. exaltata Steetz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eurybia candidissima Steetz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eurybia capitellata DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eurybia linearifolia DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Eurybia oligantha DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Olearia axillaris (DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. var. axillaris (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Olearia axillaris var. linearis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Olearia axillaris var. normalis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Olearia axillaris var. obovata Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Shawia axillaris (DC.) Sch.Bip. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Shawia axillaris (DC.) Sch.Bip. var. axillaris (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Shawia axillaris var. exaltatum (Steetz) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Shawia candidissima (Steetz) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Shawia capitellata (DC.) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Shawia linearifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Shawia oligantha (DC.) Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (3), Cheal_2017 (5), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Detombeur_2021 (27), Draper_2023 (3), Du_2018 (29), Du_2019 (20), Farrell_2017 (42), Guilherme_Pereira_2018 (9), Guilherme_Pereira_2019 (90), Hayes_2014 (218), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_3 (1), Laliberte_2012 (28), McGlone_2015 (6), Mitchell_2008 (12), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (13), NSWFRD_2014 (12), Pate_1990 (5), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (17), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (8), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 124 traits from 658 records in 42 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): fire_killed (6); partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Pate_1990; Standish_2019; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Pate_1990]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (2); yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.88 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 432.04 mm2 (58.9-745.94 mm2) [sources: Laliberte_2012; Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 20.6 mm (4-40 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 2.95 mm (1-6 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 227.18 g/m2 (96.86-659.76 g/m2) [sources: Du_2018; Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012; Mitchell_2008]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 2.52 mm2/mg (1.87-2.95 mm2/mg) [sources: Du_2018]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.32 g/g (0.24-0.38 g/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Laliberte_2012]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (1); narrowly_oblanceolate (2); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): conduplicate (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1); scattered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (11); tree (1) [sources: Laliberte_2012; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (12) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1); erect (3); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: Hayes_2014; Standish_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (5) [sources: Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012; Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyynnnnnnnn (1); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1); yyyyyyynnnyy (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): none (2); soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1); transient (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physiological_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Clarke_2015]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.61 mg/g (7.64-19.28 mg/g) [sources: Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Hayes_2014; Laliberte_2012]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 2.8 mg/g (0.68-5.11 mg/g) [sources: Detombeur_2021; Guilherme_Pereira_2018; Guilherme_Pereira_2019; Hayes_2014]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.29 {delta}[ppth] (-28.96--27.39 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Laliberte_2012; Mitchell_2008]
physiology
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.44 mg (0.44-0.44 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.5 mm (0.5-0.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.95 mg/mm3 (0.95-0.95 mg/mm3) [sources: Mitchell_2008]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Mitchell_2008]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.96 m (0.5-3 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Hayes_201426218P. Hayes, B. L. Turner, H. Lambers, and E. Laliberte. “Foliar nutrient concentrations and resorption efficiency in plants of contrasting nutrient-acquisition strategies along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence”. Journal of Ecology 102.2 (2013), pp. 396-410. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12196.
Guilherme_Pereira_20192090C. G. Pereira, P. E. Hayes, O. S. O'Sullivan, L. K. Weerasinghe, P. L. Clode, O. K. Atkin, and H. Lambers. “Trait convergence in photosynthetic nutrient-use efficiency along a 2-million year dune chronosequence in a global biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 107.4 (2019), pp. 2006-2023. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13158.
Farrell_2017642C. Farrell, C. Szota, and S. K. Arndt. “Does the turgor loss point characterize drought response in dryland plants?”. Plant, Cell & Environment 40.8 (2017), pp. 1500-1511. doi: 10.1111/pce.12948.
Du_2018529P. Du, S. K. Arndt, and C. Farrell. “Relationships between plant drought response, traits, and climate of origin for green roof plant selection”. Ecological Applications 28.7 (2018), pp. 1752-1761. doi: 10.1002/eap.1782.
Laliberte_2012928E. Laliberte, B. L. Turner, T. Costes, S. J. Pearse, K. Wyrwoll, G. Zemunik, and H. Lambers. “Experimental assessment of nutrient limitation along a 2-million-year dune chronosequence in the south-western Australia biodiversity hotspot”. Journal of Ecology 100 (2012), pp. 631-642. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01962.x.
Detombeur_2021927F. de Tombeur, E. Laliberte, H. Lambers, M. Faucon, G. Zemunik, B. L. Turner, J. Cornelis, and G. Mahy. “A shift from phenol to silica-based leaf defenses during long-term soil and ecosystem development”. Ecology Letters 24.5 (2021), pp. 984-995. doi: 10.1111/ele.13713.
Du_2019420P. Du, S. K. Arndt, and C. Farrell. “Can the turgor loss point be used to assess drought response to select plants for green roofs in hot and dry climates?”. Plant and Soil 441.1-2 (2019), pp. 399-408. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-04133-7.
White_20201919M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Tsakalos_20201617J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
NHNSW_20231113N. 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/.
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Mitchell_20081212P. J. Mitchell, E. J. Veneklaas, H. Lambers, and S. S. O. Burgess. “Using multiple trait associations to define hydraulic functional types in plant communities of south-western Australia”. Oecologia 158 (2008), pp. 385-397. doi: 10.1007/s00442-008-1152-5.
NSWFRD_20141012B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_2023912VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Guilherme_Pereira_201839C. G. Pereira, P. L. Clode, R. S. Oliveira, and H. Lambers. “Eudicots from severely phosphorus-impoverished environments preferentially allocate phosphorus to their mesophyll”. New Phytologist 218.3 (2018), pp. 959-973. doi: 10.1111/nph.15043.
Williams_201188R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
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Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Cheal_201755D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Pate_199055J. S. Pate, R. H. Froend, B. J. Bowen, A. Hansen, and J. Kuo. “Seedling growth and storage characteristics of seeder and resprouter species of Mediterranean-type ecosystems of SW Australia”. Annals of Botany 65.6 (1990), pp. 585-601. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a087976.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
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Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
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Draper_202333J. 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.
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Clarke_201522P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
eFLOWER_Dun_202212L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_311Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Salt and water tolerance data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.