AusTraits

Senecio pinnatifolius

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Senecio pinnatifolius A.Rich.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Senecio aff. lautus (taxonomic synonym)
  • Senecio carnulentus DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Senecio carnulentus DC. var. carnulentus (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Senecio lautus f. pinnatifolius (A.Rich.) Hochr. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Senecio lautus G.Forst. ex Willd. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Senecio lautus G.Forst. ex Willd. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (12), Cheal_2017 (8), Clarke_2015 (3), Draper_2023 (6), Jordan_2001 (14), Kew_2019_1 (1), Kew_2019_6 (3), Mokany_2015 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (7), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (11), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (2), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), White_2020 (40), Wright_2000 (3), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (3). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 189 records in 30 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 (4); resprouts (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014; Standish_2019; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (1) [sources: eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (2) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3 mm (2-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (2); green (1); grey (1); red (2); yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 314.16 mm2 (314.16-314.16 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 64.5 mm (5-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 43.52 mm (0.1-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1); terete (1) [sources: SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); auriculate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed (2); toothed_dentate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (3) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10); subshrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (5); perennial (6); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Standish_2019; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5); semi_woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (4); prostrate (2); rhizomatous (1); sprawling (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Standish_2019; White_2020]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (4) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (5) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (5) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnnnnnnynnn (1); yyynnnnnyyyy (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_stem_buds (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.5 mg (0.5-0.5 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 1.05 mm (0.6-1.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.96 m (0.1-2 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Mokany_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202040M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Jordan_2001714G. 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.
SAH_20231114S. 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/.
ABRS_20231012Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231011VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wheeler_2002810J. 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.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Cheal_201788D. 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.
NHNSW_202378N. 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/.
NSWFRD_201477B. 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.
Draper_202336J. 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.
Standish_201966R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
NHNSW_202244N. 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_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. 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.
ABRS_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Clarke_201533P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_613Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
SAH_202233S. 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/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
Wright_200033I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
eFLOWER_Dun_202233L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Mokany_201522K. 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.
WAH_2022_222Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.