Rhodanthe stuartiana

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Rhodanthe stuartiana (Sond. & F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Helipterum floribundum var. stuartianum (Sond.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Helipterum stuartianum Sond. & F.Muell. (basionym)

Distribution (APC): SA, NSW, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (5), Draper_2023 (3), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (10), NSWFRD_2014 (3), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (38), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 113 records in 17 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 (3) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.17 mm (1.5-3 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 18.33 mm (5-35 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 1.25 mm (0.5-2 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); oblanceolate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.51 mg (0.49-0.53 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.68 mm (2.68-2.68 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_width (numerical): 1.54 mm (1.54-1.54 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019]
seed_shape (categorical): comma-shaped (1); cylindrical (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.05-0.25 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	38	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	9	12	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/.
RBGV_2023	9	11	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	8	10	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/.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	5	6	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ANBG_2019	5	5	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://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/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	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.
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.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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/.
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.