Senecio glomeratus subsp. glomeratus

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Senecio glomeratus Desf. ex Poir. subsp. glomeratus

Synonyms: 20 (APC 2026-07-30)

Erechthites arguta var. glomerata Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites angusta F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites arguta var. obovata Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites arguta var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites argutus (A.Rich.) DC. var. argutus (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites argutus DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites argutus var. glomeratus (DC.) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites argutus var. obovatus Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites glomerata DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites glomerata var. polycephala DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites glomeratus DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites glomeratus DC. var. glomeratus (taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites glomeratus var. polycephalus DC. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
Erechtites glomeratus var. subincisus DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Senecio argutus A.Rich. (taxonomic synonym)
Senecio glomeratus subsp. 1 (taxonomic synonym)
Senecio lessoni F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Senecio lessonianus Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
Senecio lessonii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Senecio multicaulis var. dissecta E.L.Robertson (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Erechtites argutus var. dissectus Benth. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (9), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (7), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Williams_2011 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 56 records in 10 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]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 1.35 mm (1-1.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); green (2); red (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): annual (2); perennial (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); open (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.8 m (1.4-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2]
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	8	9	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Williams_2011	9	9	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
RBGV_2023	6	7	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.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/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2022	2	2	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://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.