AusTraits

Pappochroma setosum

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Pappochroma setosum (Benth.) G.L.Nesom

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Erigeron pappochroma var. setosus Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Erigeron pappocroma var. setosus A.D.Chapm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Erigeron pappocromus var. setosus Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Erigeron setosus (Benth.) M.Gray (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Lagenithrix setosa (Benth.) G.L.Nesom (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (12), Morgan_2014 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (14), Pickering_2014 (4), Venn_2011 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 37 traits from 64 records in 10 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1.5-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 25.21 mm2 (19.86-28 mm2) [sources: Morgan_2014; Pickering_2014; Venn_2011]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (6-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 14.25 mm (3-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 129.93 g/m2 (129.93-129.93 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.29 g/g (0.29-0.29 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.19 mg (0.12-0.23 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Morgan_2014; Venn_2011]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023914N. 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/.
ANBG_2019112Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Pickering_201444C. 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.
Morgan_201433J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Trait data from Victorian alpine plant species, La Trobe University”. 2004.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Venn_201133S. E. Venn, K. Green, C. M. Pickering, and J. W. Morgan. “Using plant functional traits to explain community composition across a strong environmental filter in Australian alpine snowpatches”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 1491-1499. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9923-1.
NHNSW_202222N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.