Olearia phlogopappa subsp. flavescens

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Olearia phlogopappa subsp. flavescens (Hutch.) Messina

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Olearia flavescens Hutch. (nomenclatural synonym)
Olearia gunniana var. flavescens (Hutch.) Ewart (nomenclatural synonym)
Olearia phlogopappa var. flavescens (Hutch.) J.H.Willis (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Lim_2017 (43), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Pickering_2014 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 112 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 (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 109.14 mm2 (72.45-196.28 mm2) [sources: Lim_2017; Pickering_2014]
leaf_length (numerical): 34.5 mm (19-50 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 10.5 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 18.36 mg (10.6-28.2 mg) [sources: Lim_2017]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.4 cm (0.2-0.6 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 118.09 g/m2 (73.66-152.41 g/m2) [sources: Lim_2017; Pickering_2014]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.41 g/g (0.41-0.41 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (1); obovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_shallow (1); unlobed (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 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (7) [sources: Lim_2017; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_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); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); transient (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.55 mg/mm3 (0.5-0.62 mg/mm3) [sources: Lim_2017]
stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 9.41 um (9.41-9.41 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): 1.4 m (1.4-1.4 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	9	43	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.
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/.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. 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.
NHNSW_2023	8	8	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/.
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	4	4	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.
Pickering_2014	4	4	C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
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/.
Clarke_2015	3	3	P. 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.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.