Xerochrysum macranthum
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Xerochrysum macranthum (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson
Synonyms: 12 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Aphelexis humilis var. macrantha Paxton (taxonomic synonym)
- Aphelexis macrantha (Benth.) Hereman (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gnaphalium glabratum (DC.) Sch.Bip. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Gnaphalium macranthum (Benth.) Sch.Bip. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Helichrysum bracteatum f. albidum (DC.) Siebert & Voss (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Helichrysum bracteatum var. albidum DC. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Helichrysum bracteatum var. album L.H.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)
- Helichrysum glabratum DC. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)
- Helichrysum macranthum Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Helichrysum nervosum P.N.Don (taxonomic synonym)
- Helichrysum niveum Graham (taxonomic synonym)
- Helichrysum robustum Paxton (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Burrows_2008_2 (8), Burrows_2020 (4), Cochrane_2019 (7), RBGK_2014 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10), eFLOWER_Dun_2022 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 29 traits from 52 records in 12 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
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (4) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cochrane_2019]
- fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 18 mo (18-18 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flower morphology
- sex_type (categorical): gynomonoecious (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 92.5 mm (35-150 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_width (numerical): 17.5 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
- life_history (categorical): annual (3); perennial (5); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cochrane_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- reproductive_maturity (numerical): 1.5 a (1.5-1.5 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyyynyyyyy (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
- bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1 mg (0.96-1.03 mg) [sources: Cochrane_2019; RBGK_2014]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.58 m (0.3-2 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler_2002 | 8 | 10 | J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168. |
| Burrows_2008_2 | 4 | 8 | N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025). |
| eFLOWER_Dun_2022 | 7 | 8 | L. Dun and H. Sauquet. “Unpublished: Floral traits for GAP taxa, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2022. |
| Cochrane_2019 | 5 | 7 | A. Cochrane. “Effects of temperature on germination in eight Western Australian herbaceous species”. Folia Geobotanica 54.1-2 (2019), pp. 29-42. doi: 10.1007/s12224-019-09335-6. |
| Burrows_2020 | 4 | 4 | N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. 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. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 1 | 2 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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/. |
| WAH_1998 | 1 | 1 | Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |