Pterocaulon redolens
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Pterocaulon redolens (Willd.) Fern.-Vill.
Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Conyza redolens Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gnaphalium cylindrostachyum Wall. (taxonomic synonym)
- Gnaphalium redolens G.Forst. (taxonomic synonym)
- Monenteles forsteri Endl. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Monenteles redolens (Willd.) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Monenteles spicatus Labill. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterocaulon billardierei F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterocaulon billardieri F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterocaulon cylindrostachyum C.B.Clarke (taxonomic synonym)
- Pterocaulon spicatum (Labill.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
- Sphaeranthus elongatus Blanco (taxonomic synonym)
- Tessaria redolens (Willd.) Less. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 61 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.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: White_2020]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 0.7 mm (0.5-0.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 32.25 mm (16-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 12.12 mm (6-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_crenate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
- photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3); shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2); semi_woody (1); woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
- parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
- pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
- dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyynnnnn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
- seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
- vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.68 m (0.3-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
- plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| White_2020 | 19 | 19 | M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020. |
| ABRS_2023 | 9 | 13 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 9 | 12 | N. 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/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | N. 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/. |
| 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. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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. |