Ptilotus stirlingii subsp. australis
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Family Amaranthaceae
Taxonomy: Ptilotus stirlingii subsp. australis R.W.Davis & R.Butcher
Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ptilotus laxus (Benth.) F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ptilotus stirlingii var. laxus (Benth.) Benl (taxonomic synonym)
- Ptilotus stirlingii var. minutus Benl (taxonomic synonym)
- Trichinium laxum Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), WAH_2022_2 (8), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 7 traits from 19 records in 5 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): resprouts (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
- fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 6 mo (6-6 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
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/. |
| Burrows_2008_2 | 4 | 4 | N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025). |
| Burrows_2020 | 4 | 4 | N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020. |
| 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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.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 “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |