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Xerochrysum bracteatum

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Family Asteraceae

Taxonomy: Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev

Synonyms: 14 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Argyrocome bracteata B.D.Jacks. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Bracteantha bracteata (Vent.) Anderb. & Haegi (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Elichrysum lucidum Henckel (taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium banksii (A.Cunn. ex DC.) Sch.Bip. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Gnaphalium chrysanthum Sch.Bip. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Helichrysum banksii A.Cunn. ex DC. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
  • Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Andrews (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Andrews f. bracteatum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Andrews var. bracteatum (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Willd. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Helichrysum chrysanthum Pers. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Helichrysum lucidum Henckel (taxonomic synonym)
  • Helichrysum spectabile G.Don (taxonomic synonym)
  • Xeranthemum bracteatum Vent. (nomenclatural synonym)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (9), Brock_1993 (12), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (5), Doherty_2021 (5), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Jurado_1991 (5), Jurado_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (8), Kew_2019_2 (1), Kew_2019_4 (2), Kew_2019_5 (1), Kew_2019_6 (7), Leishman_1992 (7), Mokany_2015 (1), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (7), Ooi_2007 (83), Pickering_2014 (4), Pickup_2021 (10), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (13), RussellSmith_2012 (4), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (108), Wright_2000 (7), Yang_2023 (1), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 73 traits from 381 records in 40 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
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; eFLOWER_Dun_2022]
  • sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1); hermaphrodite (1); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.25 mm (3-3.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (5) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 633.73 mm2 (200-1570.8 mm2) [sources: Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; Mokany_2015; Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 68.12 mm (15-130 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.88 mm (3-30 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 96.97 g/m2 (96.97-96.97 g/m2) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.24 g/g (0.24-0.24 g/g) [sources: Pickering_2014]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); linear (2); narrowly_elliptical (2); oblanceolate (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (7) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (17); shrub (1) [sources: Brock_1993; Jurado_1991; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Pickering_2014; Pickup_2021; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (6); perennial (6) [sources: Brock_1993; Burrows_2020; Jordan_2001; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4); woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: Brock_1993]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (6) [sources: White_2020]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (6) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (7) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • reproductive_maturity (numerical): 0.75 a (0.75-0.75 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (4); zoochory (6) [sources: Draper_2023; Jurado_1991; Kew_2019_5; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (6); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2); nnnnnnnyyynn (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (6); yynnnnnyyyyy (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (4) [sources: Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (10) [sources: Cheal_2017; NSWFRD_2014; Pickup_2021; RussellSmith_2012; White_2020]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Ooi_2007]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (6) [sources: White_2020]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (1); none (1) [sources: Doherty_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.44 mg (0.06-0.8 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992; Ooi_2007]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (1.5-3.5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_width (numerical): 10.33 mm (0.66-20 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): cylindrical (1) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_202018108M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
Ooi_2007283M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
RBGV_20231013VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Brock_1993912J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
NHNSW_2023912N. 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/.
SAH_2023912S. 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/.
Pickup_2021510M. Pickup and T. McDonald. Bushfire impacts — A national model for assessing local landscape restoration priorities. Project Phoenix Report. Greening Australia, 2021. url: https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.02R2.pdf.
ANBG_201969Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
eFLOWER_Dun_202289L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022.
Kew_2019_118Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Jordan_200177G. 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.
Kew_2019_617Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Leishman_199277M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
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.
Wright_200077I. 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.
Cheal_201755D. 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.
Doherty_202135M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
Jurado_199155E. Jurado. “Diaspore weight, dispersal, growth form and perenniality of central Australian plants”. Journal of Ecology 79 (1991), pp. 811-828.
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
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/.
Pickering_201444C. Pickering, K. Green, A. A. Barros, and S. Venn. “A resurvey of late-lying snowpatches reveals changes in both species and functional composition across snowmelt zones”. Alpine Botany 124.2 (2014), pp. 93-103. doi: 10.1007/s00035-014-0140-0.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
SAH_202244S. 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/.
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.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Jurado_199213E. Jurado and M. Westoby. “Germination biology of selected central Australian plants”. Austral Ecology 17.3 (1992), pp. 341-348. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1992.tb00816.x.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Kew_2019_412Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Oil content data from Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_211Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Kew_2019_511Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed dispersal data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Mokany_201511K. 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.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_202311S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.