AusTraits

Pilosella officinarum subsp. officinarum

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Pilosella officinarum Vaill. subsp. officinarum

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): ACT (doubtfully naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (formerly naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (17), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 59 records in 8 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): 1.83 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 44.5 mm (2.5-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 10.4 mm (0.4-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblanceolate (3); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cuneate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (2); rosette (2); stoloniferous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2022; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2022]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.32 m (0.1-0.4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231417Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231215VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. 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/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.