Olearia brevipedunculata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Olearia brevipedunculata N.G.Walsh

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Aster stellulata var. glacialis F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Olearia gunniana var. subrepanda (DC.) Ewart (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
Olearia phlogopappa var. subrepanda (DC.) J.H.Willis (pro parte taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (1), Lim_2017 (65), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (11), Vesk_2007 (6), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 40 traits from 131 records in 12 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 (1); resprouts (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 10.75 mm (5-16.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (2-6.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 104.3 g/m2 (57.55-163 g/m2) [sources: Lim_2017; Vesk_2007]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (1); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: Lim_2017; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Vesk_2007; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_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): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.7 mg (0.7-0.7 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.55 mg/mm3 (0.48-0.66 mg/mm3) [sources: Lim_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 8.81 um (8.81-8.81 um) [sources: Lim_2017]
stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.03 mm2/mm2 (0.03-0.03 mm2/mm2) [sources: Lim_2017]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Lim_2017	7	65	F. K. Lim, L. J. Pollock, and P. A. Vesk. “The role of plant functional traits in shrub distribution around alpine frost hollows”. Journal of Vegetation Science 28.3 (2017), pp. 585-594. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12517.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	12	15	N. 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/.
RBGV_2023	8	11	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Vesk_2007	2	6	P. Vesk. “Unpublished data: Leaf traits for flora of Falls Creek Victoria, University of Melbourne”. 2007.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	N. 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/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. 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_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.