Olearia glandulosa

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Olearia glandulosa (Labill.) Benth.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Aster glandulosus Labill. (nomenclatural synonym)
Eoglandula glandulosa (Labill.) G.L.Nesom (nomenclatural synonym)
Eurybia glandulosa (Labill.) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
Galatella glandulosa (Labill.) Nees (nomenclatural synonym)
Shawia glandulosa (Labill.) Sch.Bip. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (10), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 49 traits from 102 records in 18 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) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.25 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 86.39 mm2 (86.39-86.39 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 37.5 mm (5-60 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); strap-shaped (2); terete (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): involute (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: 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 (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnyy (1); yyyyyynnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: 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]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.2 mg (0.18-0.23 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Mokany_2015]
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]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 2.04 m (1.5-2.4 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2023; 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.
NHNSW_2023	10	12	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	9	12	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2023	9	10	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/.
Williams_2011	9	9	R. 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.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	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.
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.
Mokany_2015	3	3	K. 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.
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/.
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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_2021	1	1	J. 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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.