Calocephalus lacteus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Calocephalus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 959

Data sources4

Biological traits37

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Calocephalus lacteus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 959 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources37 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 959 records

01Narrative

Calocephalus lacteus, commonly known as milky beauty-heads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an ascending, spreading perennial with silver-grey leaves and cream globular-shaped flower heads. It occurs in eastern Australia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology17

Fruit length1.05 mm

Fruit width0.4 mm

Leaf length30 mm

Leaf length max50 mm

Leaf length min10 mm

Leaf mass per area81.7 g/m2

Leaf width2.75 mm

Leaf width max4.5 mm

Leaf width min1 mm

Plant height0.7 m

Plant height max0.7 m

Plant height min0.05 m

Seed length1 mm

Seed mass0.091 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.091 mg · AusTraits: 0.112 mg · GIFT: 0.09 mg

Seed mass max0.11 mg

Seed mass min0.07 mg

Seed width0.4 mm

Life cycle & reproduction8

Dispersal typewind

Flowering endMar

Flowering startNov

Flowering timeyynnnnnnyyyy

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typeachene

Growth formherb

Leaf shapelinear oblanceolate obovate

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 959 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 730

Museum / vouchered229

Origin

Native24

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 964 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 213≤1 km 351≤10 km 98>10 km 9

1 671 georeferenced · 59 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 730

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 accuracy32% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 60≤10 km 119>10 km 13

194 georeferenced · 35 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence229

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 institutions13 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	93
Hobart, AU	46
Adelaide, AU	25
Mount Annan, AU	18
QVMAGlocation not on record	16
Canberra, AU	13
Parkville, AU	5
Brisbane, AU	3
EL PASO, US	2
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	2
Taipei, TW	1
Wellington, NZ	1
Kensington, AU	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Palmerston, AU	1
Smithfield, AU	1

16 institutions · 229 of 229 vouchered records shown

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Calocephalus lacteus

At a glance

Sources4 archives

Size & morphology17

Life cycle & reproduction8

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment8

Physiology & chemistry2

Other traits1

Record type1 959 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions13 of 16 geolocated

Record type1 959 records