Orthosiphon aristatus

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Family Lamiaceae

Taxonomy: Orthosiphon aristatus (Blume) Miq.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ocimum aristatum Blume (nomenclatural synonym)
Ocimum grandiflorum Blume (taxonomic synonym)
Ocymum aristatum Blume (nomenclatural synonym)
Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (2), Cooper_2013 (9), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 37 traits from 52 records in 9 datasets.

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

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_type (categorical): mericarp (1); nut (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 95 mm (30-160 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 32.5 mm (20-45 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3.5 cm (1-6 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: ATRP_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnynnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyynnyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.68 m (0.2-1 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	16	18	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
NHNSW_2023	8	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/.
Cooper_2013	8	9	W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ATRP_2020	2	2	F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
NHNSW_2022	2	2	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	2	2	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.
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.