Calectasia gracilis — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Dasypogonaceae/Calectasia

At a glance

Occurrence records83

Data sources4

Biological traits21

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Calectasia gracilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility83 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources21 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF83 records

01Narrative

Calectasia gracilis, commonly known as blue tinsel lily, is a plant in the family Dasypogonaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading, tufted, woody, perennial herb with blue petals and six yellow stamens that turn orange-red as they age. It is similar to the other species of Calectasia and has only been recognised as a separate species since a review of the genus in 2001.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology5

Leaf length6.3 mm

Leaf width0.55 mm

Plant height0.35 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction7

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Reproductive maturity3 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Growth formherb

Leaf shapelinear

Woodinesswoody

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: woody · GIFT: non-woody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type83 records

Wild obs. + sensor11

Museum / vouchered72

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO220 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 6>10 km 2

8 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy34% within 1 km

≤100 m 17≤1 km 3≤10 km 33>10 km 6

59 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence72

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	33
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	24
Adelaide, AU	5
Mount Annan, AU	3
South Kensington, GB	2
Brisbane, AU	1
Kew, GB	1
BGPAlocation not on record	1
Canberra, AU	1

9 institutions · 71 of 72 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code