Olearia brachyphylla

(F.Muell. ex Sond.) N.A.Wakef. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Olearia

At a glance

Occurrence records244

Data sources5

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Olearia brachyphylla's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility244 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources25 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS6 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF244 records

01Narrative

Habit Olearia brachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a densely-branched, aromatic shrub with woolly-hairy stems, oblong to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and small white and pale yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsGIFTWCVPTRY

Size & morphology7

Fruit length1.75 mm

Leaf length2 mm

Leaf width1 mm

Plant height1.2 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass0.243 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timeyyyynnnnnnnn

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typegynomonoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typeachene

Growth formshrub

Leaf shapeoblong obovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition6 compounds

Compounds documented for Olearia brachyphylla across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile3 classes

Ursane and Taraxastane triterpenoids3

Flavanones1

Acyclic triterpenoids1

Documented compounds6 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(3S,4aR,6aR,6aR,6bR,8aR,12S,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,12,14b-heptamethyl-11-methylidene-1,2,3,4a,5,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12a,13,14,14a-hexadecahydropicen-3-ol	present	LOTUS
Sakuranetin	present	LOTUS
Squalene	present	LOTUS
Taraxasterol	present	LOTUS
Taraxasteryl acetate	present	LOTUS
Tremetone	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type244 records

Wild obs. + sensor163

Museum / vouchered77

Cultivated / captive4

Origin

Native162

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO788 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 accuracy48% within 1 km

≤100 m 58≤1 km 17≤10 km 80>10 km 1

156 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor163

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 accuracy65% within 1 km

≤100 m 35≤1 km 12≤10 km 22>10 km 3

72 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence77

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 1

4 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions4 of 6 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	23
Kensington, AU	14
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	13
Canberra, AU	8
Mount Annan, AU	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 60 of 77 vouchered records shown · 17 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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