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Sphagneticola trilobata

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski

Synonyms: 7 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Complaya trilobata (L.) Strother (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Seruneum trilobatum (L.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Silphium trilobatum L. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sphagneticola ulei O.Hoffm. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Thelechitonia trilobata (L.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Wedelia paludosa DC. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), ATRP_2020 (3), Cooper_2013 (8), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 53 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.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 67.5 mm (30-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 42.5 mm (20-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): creeping (2); mat-forming (3); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; ATRP_2020; NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyyyyyynn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.3-0.7 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231215Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2023811N. 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/.
Cooper_201378W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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/.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ATRP_202033F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.