Senecio acutifolius Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Glabrous, perennial shrublet, erect, up to 0.6 m high. Branches many, nude below. Leaves sessile, linear, fleshy, apex acute, up to 15 mm long. Capitula terminal, sessile, solitary, radiate, disc and rays (5 or 6, very short) yellow; involucre cylindrical; bracts 7-9, 9 mm long; calyculus bracts few, small. Flowering time mainly Apr.-Sept. Cypselae cylindrical, 3.5 mm long, hairy.
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Fruticulosus erectus ramosus glaberrimus, ramis teretibus, foliis sessilibus carnosis lineari-teretiusculis mucrone acutis, capitulis ad apices ramorum sessilibus solitariis, involucro bracteolis paucis calyculato cylindrico 7-9-phyllo, ligulis 5-6 vix stylo suo longioribus, fl. disci 12-16, achaeniis teretiusculis puberis.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Senecio acutifolius world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243630-1
WFO ID wfo-0000076599
COL ID 6YFJX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio acutifolius