Senecio odoratus

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Senecio odoratus Hornem.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cacalia odoratus (Hornem.) Desf. (nomenclatural synonym)
Senecio odoratus Hornem. var. odoratus (nomenclatural synonym)
Senecio odoratus var. longifolius M.E.Lawr. (taxonomic synonym)
Senecio odoratus var. obtusifolius J.M.Black (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Cheal_2017 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (2), Kew_2019_6 (3), Mokany_2015 (1), RBGV_2022 (2), RBGV_2023 (14), SAH_2022 (9), SAH_2023 (28), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (60), Williams_2011 (9), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 57 traits from 160 records in 18 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 (3) [sources: White_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.22 mm (1.6-2.8 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): achene (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); yellow (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 4398.23 mm2 (4398.23-4398.23 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 117.5 mm (50-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): deltate (1); lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (2); ovate (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); auriculate (1); cordate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed (2); toothed_dentate (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (3) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4); shrub (4); subshrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): bushy (1); erect (2); sprawling (1) [sources: RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (4) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (3) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (5) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (3) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (3) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (3) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.33 mg (0.26-0.39 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
seed_width (numerical): 0.8 mm (0.8-0.8 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1.2 m (0.6-1.7 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (3) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	20	60	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_2023	12	28	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	11	14	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	9	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/.
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.
ABRS_2023	6	7	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
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.
eFLOWER_Dun_2022	4	4	L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
Kew_2019_6	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_1	1	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.
Cheal_2017	1	1	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Mokany_2015	1	1	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.