Senecio cinerascens Aiton

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Leafy shrub, up to 2 m tall, stems white-cobwebby. Leaves regularly pinnatifid, sometimes dentate and leaves sub-bipinnatifid, 2-4-jugate, mostly 40-120 x 20-40 mm, lobes linear-lanceolate, (5-)10-20 x 1-3 mm, felted beneath and cobwebby or glabrescent above, margins revolute. Flowerheads in pedunculate, branched terminal corymbs, sparsely radiate, yellow; involucre campanulate, 8-10 mm diam., bracts black-tipped, 12-18, 8-10 x 1-1.5 mm, bracteoles numerous, imbricate, bract-like and half as long.
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White-woolly shrub to 2 m. Leaves pinnatisect, lobes linear, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, in branched terminal corymbs, yellow, involucres calycled.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Yaws (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Senecio cinerascens world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:244503-1
WFO ID wfo-0000063367
COL ID 4WK82
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio cinerascens Senecio tomentosus Senecio namaquanus Cineraria seminuda Cineraria seminuda