AusTraits

Sigesbeckia australiensis subsp. australiensis

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Sigesbeckia australiensis D.L.Schulz subsp. australiensis

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, ACT, Vic

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (16), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 33 records in 6 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (30-90 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (5-25 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (1-1 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.8-0.8 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231316VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_202377Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.