Osteospermum muricatum
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Osteospermum muricatum E.Mey. ex DC.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): NT (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 23 records in 4 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.4 m (0.2-0.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 13 | 17 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |