Wollastonia biflora
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Wollastonia biflora (L.) DC.
Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Melanthera biflora (L.) Wild (nomenclatural synonym)
- Niebuhria biflora (L.) Britten (nomenclatural synonym)
- Verbesina biflora L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Wedelia biflora (L.) DC. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Wollastonia insularis DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): CoI, ChI, AR, NT, Qld
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (21), Cooper_2013 (9), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), RBGK_2014 (1), Schmidt_1993 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (6). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 30 traits from 53 records in 9 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (2-4.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2.35 mm (2-2.7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); nut (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Cooper_2013]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013]
- fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); grey (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 62.5 mm (20-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_width (numerical): 35 mm (10-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
- petiole_length (numerical): 3 cm (2.5-3.5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): rounded (1); truncate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cooper_2013; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1); woody_base (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
- root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1); yyyyyynnnnnn (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.14 mg (2.14-2.14 mg) [sources: RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.67 m (1-3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 15 | 21 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Cooper_2013 | 8 | 9 | W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 7 | 9 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 5 | 6 | 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| RBGK_2014 | 1 | 1 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID). 2014. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Schmidt_1993 | 1 | 1 | S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |