Pentalepis ecliptoides subsp. ecliptoides

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Pentalepis ecliptoides F.Muell. subsp. ecliptoides

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Chrysogonum sp. A (taxonomic synonym)
Pentalepis sp. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 16 traits from 24 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): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): grey (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 32.5 mm (30-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (1); rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.45 m (0.3-0.6 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	4	4	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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.