Rhodanthe citrina

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Rhodanthe citrina (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)

Helichrysum oldfieldii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Leptorhynchos citreus A.D.Chapm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Leptorhynchos citrinus Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Leptorhynchus citrinus Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Waitzia brevirostris Steetz (taxonomic synonym)
Waitzia citrea A.D.Chapm. (nomenclatural synonym)
Waitzia citrina (Benth.) Steetz (nomenclatural synonym)
Waitzia dasycarpa Turcz. (taxonomic synonym)
Waitzia steetziana Lehm. (taxonomic synonym)
Waitzia sulphurea Steetz (taxonomic synonym)
Waitzia tenella Hook. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (4), Burrows_2008_2 (5), Burrows_2020 (5), Crowley_2007 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Dwyer_2017 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (5), Nano_2011 (1), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Standish_2019 (6), Sweedman_2006 (3), Tsakalos_2020 (16), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 46 traits from 119 records in 26 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 (6) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Crowley_2007; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; Standish_2019]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 12 mo (12-12 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.15 mm (0.5-1.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 35.83 mm (10-70 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_width (numerical): 2.33 mm (1-5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 24.89 g/m2 (23.81-25.65 g/m2) [sources: Dwyer_2017]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); narrowly_oblanceolate (2); narrowly_oblong (1); oblong (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): hairy (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
life_history (categorical): annual (8) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Standish_2019; Tsakalos_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1 a (1-1 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); nnnnnnnyyyyy (1); ynnnyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.03 mg (0.03-0.04 mg) [sources: Dwyer_2017; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 0.75 mm (0.75-0.75 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 0.26 mm (0.26-0.26 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): fusiform (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.32 m (0.05-0.4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Tsakalos_2020	15	16	J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
SAH_2023	12	14	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/.
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/.
Wheeler_2002	8	10	J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Dwyer_2017	3	7	J. M. Dwyer and D. C. Laughlin. “Constraints on trait combinations explain climatic drivers of biodiversity: The importance of trait covariance in community assembly”. Ecology Letters 20.7 (2017), pp. 872-882. doi: 10.1111/ele.12781.
Standish_2019	6	6	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Burrows_2008_2	5	5	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	5	5	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
NSWFRD_2014	5	5	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
ANBG_2019	4	4	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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/.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	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	3	3	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	1	3	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Kew_2019_6	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Crowley_2007	1	1	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Nano_2011	1	1	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.