Senecio angulatus L.F.

Creeping groundsel (en), Séneçon anguleux (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Glabrous, scandent, perennial herb, sometimes forming a dense tangled shrub up to 2 m tall. Stems usually sparingly branched. Lvs petiolate; petiole ± = lamina, not amplexicaul; lamina not lobed, ovate to deltoid, obtuse to acute, mucronate, obtuse to truncate at base, coarsely toothed with 1-3, convex-sided teeth on each side and lowermost teeth often distinctly larger, c. 30-60 × 25-50 mm; venation palmate-pinnate. Uppermost lvs becoming smaller, narrower, with fewer teeth or entire. Capitula in open, terminal panicles. Supplementary bracts 4-7, linear to subulate, 1.5-2.5 mm long. Involucral bracts 8-11, oblong, 5-6 mm long. Ray florets (4)-5; ligules yellow, 6-11 mm long. Disc yellow. Achenes terete, with hairs on ribs, c. 4 mm long; pappus 5-7 mm long.
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Scrambling or climbing plant to c. 3 m high, glabrous. Leaves to c. 10 cm long, with petiole c. half of length; lamina ovate, with l:w ratio c. 1–2, usually with 1–3 commonly obtuse lobes per side; margin entire or sparsely denticulate. Capitula several to numerous per branch; calycular bracteoles 3–6, 1.5–2.5 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide; involucre 5–6 mm long, c. 3 mm diam.; bracts 7–10. Florets 15–20; ligulate florets 3–6, mostly 5; ligule 8–12 mm long, 4-veined, yellow. Achenes narrowly obloid, 2–2.5 mm long, brown, with papillose hairs. Pappus caducous, 5–7 mm long.
Perennial, shrubby scrambler, glabrous, ± succulent. Stems up to 1.5 m long. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, angle-lobed, lobes few, sinuate to dentate, base cuneate; petioles up to 35 mm long. Inflorescence corymbose, much-branched, many-headed; pedicels ± nude. Capitula radiate, disc and rays (4-6) yellow; involucre up to 7 mm long; bracts 10-12, narrowly campanulate; calyculus bracts few, short. Flowering time mostly May. Cypselae cylindrical, 2.5 mm long, ± ribbed, ± hairy.
Scrambling, half-climbing shrub. Leaves petiolate, ovate to lanceolate, coarsely lobed. Flower heads radiate, in branched corymbs or panicles, yellow, involucres calycled.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread anemochory
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Environment

Grows in various soils in shrubland and woodland in disturbed environments.
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It is a temperate plant. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a green vegetable.
Uses environmental use food medicinal
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Images

Habit

Senecio angulatus habit picture by bouveyron jean (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus habit picture by Dan Castello (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus habit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Senecio angulatus leaf picture by florence molinari (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus leaf picture by bismilla (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus leaf picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Senecio angulatus flower picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus flower picture by Antonio Otero Silva (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus flower picture by Emilio Hernandez (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Senecio angulatus fruit picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus fruit picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)
Senecio angulatus fruit picture by Martine GARCIA (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Senecio angulatus world distribution map, present in Albania, Australia, Spain, France, Gibraltar, Croatia, Italy, Libya, Monaco, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243791-1
WFO ID wfo-0000058907
COL ID 4WJKF
BDTFX ID 62759
INPN ID 122545
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Senecio canalipes Senecio tredecimsquamosus Senecio macropodus Cineraria laevis Senecio angulatus