AusTraits

Verbesina encelioides subsp. encelioides

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray subsp. encelioides

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray var. encelioides (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), NT (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (14), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 44 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): 5.25 mm (4-6.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); grey (1); white (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 72.5 mm (40-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 28.75 mm (10-55 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (3-3 cm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2); ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.85 m (0.4-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231319Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_20231214VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.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.