Ozothamnus scaber
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Ozothamnus scaber F.Muell.
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Helichrysum adnatum var. scabra Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Helichrysum adnatum var. scabrum (F.Muell.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Helichrysum bilobum subsp. scabrum (F.Muell.) N.T.Burb. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Helichrysum bilobum var. scabrum (F.Muell.) E.L.Robertson (nomenclatural synonym)
- Helichrysum decurrens var. scabrum (F.Muell.) J.M.Black (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): SA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 20 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
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: SAH_2014]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (1) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (1); perennial (1) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody (1) [sources: SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.08 mg (0.08-0.08 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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_6 | 1 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| SAH_2014 | 1 | 2 | J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986. |
| SAH_2023 | 2 | 2 | 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/. |
| 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/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |