Species profile—Cymbonotus maidenii
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Asteraceae (sunflower) → Cymbonotus maidenii
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Asteraceae (sunflower)
- Scientific name
- Cymbonotus maidenii (Beauverd) A.E.Holland & V.A.Funk
- WildNet taxon ID
- 31386
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Cymbonotus maidenii is a small herb 10-40cm tall. The leaves are erect, lance-shaped, 10-40cm long and 3-9cm wide. The leaves are divided into triangular or oblong lobes, almost reaching the mid-vein. The lobes are irregularly toothed, sometimes with the tips sharply pointed. The upper leaf surface is dark green and sparsely hairy. The underside of the leaf is light green or greenish-grey, with sparse to moderately dense cottony hairs.
Single yellow flowers grow on stems 2-30cm tall, with lines of cottony hairs along the length of the stem. The yellow flower petals radiate around a yellow central part. The petals are elliptic in shape and 15-28mm long by 3-6mm wide. (Holland & Funk 2006) - Map
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- Distribution
- Cymbonotus maidenii is found in isolated patches in inland areas of southern Queensland; west to Mitchell and north to Emerald. It is also found in northern New South Wales, north of the Darling and Barwon Rivers. (Holland & Funk 2006; Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -23.7567676, 147.9178041
-27.6122103, 151.9177571 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- Cymbonotus maidenii occurs on open grassland, along roadsides or beside watercourses. It grows on black, brown or grey heavy, cracking clay soils. (Holland & Funk 2006)
- Behaviour
- Cymbonotus maidenii probably germinates, grows and flowers in response to rain. (Holland & Funk 2006)
- Reproduction
- Cymbonotus maidenii flowers throughout the year, but most commonly is spring. (Holland & Funk 2006)
- Notes
- Contributors: Ailsa Holland, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009
- References
- Herbrecs (2008). Cymbonotus maidenii, in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 29/09/2008.
Holland, A.E. & Funk, V.A. (2006). A revision of Cymbonotus (Compositae: Arctotidae, Arctotidinae). Telopea, vol. 11(3), pp. 266-275. - Profile author
- Ailsa Holland (27/01/2009)
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=31386.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
