Cassinia sifton

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cassinia

At a glance

Occurrence records13 525

Data sources3

Biological traits13

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Cassinia sifton's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 525 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources13 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF13 525 records

01Narrative

Cassinia sifton, commonly known as sifton bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia and an introduced species in other places. It is a multi-stemmed shrub with linear leaves, and more or less conical heads of 50 to 200 deep red to pale brown flowers. It is sometimes confused with Cassinia arcuata and authorities differ on its distribution.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraits

Size & morphology4

Fruit length0.9 mm

Leaf length7.5 mm

Leaf width0.7 mm

Plant height1.6 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Dispersal typewind

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Habitat & environment6

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Fruit typeachene

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear terete

Woodinesswoody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type13 525 records

Wild obs. + sensor13 217

Museum / vouchered308

Origin

Native100

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO20 688 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 10 470≤1 km 2 031≤10 km 131>10 km 128

12 760 georeferenced · 457 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor13 217

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 accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 60≤1 km 88≤10 km 115>10 km 8

271 georeferenced · 37 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence308

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 institutions9 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	99
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	85
Canberra, AU	65
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	21
Armidale, AU	15
Adelaide, AU	7
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	6
Brisbane, AU	5
Kensington, AU	2
Stockholm, SE	1
Kew, GB	1
Christchurch, NZ	1

12 institutions · 308 of 308 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources3 archives

Size & morphology4

Life cycle & reproduction3

Habitat & environment6

Record type13 525 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 12 geolocated

Record type13 525 records