Ptilotus astrolasius
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Family Amaranthaceae
Taxonomy: Ptilotus astrolasius F.Muell.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ptilotus astrolasius F.Muell. var. astrolasius (nomenclatural synonym)
- Trichinium astrolasium (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA, NT
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: RBGK_2014 (1), SAH_2014 (2), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (4), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (8), WAH_2023_1 (8), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 43 records in 13 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): utricle (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 30.5 mm (5-45 mm) [sources: SAH_2014; WAH_2023_1]
- leaf_width (numerical): 14.75 mm (3-20 mm) [sources: SAH_2014; WAH_2023_1]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); rhomboidal (1); spathulate (1); widely_obovate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1); shrub (4); subshrub (2) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); semi_woody (1); woody (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): compact (3); erect (1) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnyyynyyyynn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.91 mg (0.91-0.91 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
- seed_length (numerical): 1.6 mm (1.6-1.6 mm) [sources: WAH_2023_1]
- seed_shape (categorical): lenticular (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.55 m (0.2-0.8 m) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 8 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_1 | 6 | 8 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2023 | 4 | 4 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.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. |
| Sweedman_2006 | 2 | 4 | L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079. |
| WAH_2022_1 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2014 | 2 | 2 | J. P. Jessop and H. R. Toelken. Flora of South Australia, 4th edition, 4 vols. Electronic version curated by J. Kellermann, State Herbarium of South Australia.. Government Printer, Adelaide, 1986. |
| SAH_2022 | 2 | 2 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| RBGK_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |