Ozothamnus x expansifolius
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Ozothamnus x expansifolius (P.Morris & J.H.Willis) Anderb.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Helichrysum expansifolium (Sieber ex P.Morris & J.H.Willis) N.T.Burb. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Helichrysum hookeri var. expansifolium Sieber ex P.Morris & J.H.Willis (basionym)
Distribution (APC): Tas
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: McGlone_2015 (6), Mokany_2015 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 13 traits from 15 records in 5 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 (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_area (numerical): 1.57 mm2 (1.57-1.57 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
- leaf_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_width (numerical): 1 mm (1-1 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015]
- leaf_type (categorical): scale (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: McGlone_2015; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 2 m (2-2 m) [sources: McGlone_2015; Mokany_2015]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Mokany_2015 | 2 | 2 | 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. |
| 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. |