Senecio consanguineus Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

A bushy annual (?) herb branching from or near the base, stems up to c. 1 m tall, glandular-hispid, leafy. Leaves up to c. 10 x 2 cm, decreasing in size upwards, oblong in outline, pinnatisect, lobes up to 7 each side, distant, oblong, coarsely and sharply toothed, lower ones with a petiole-like base, all broadened below, ear-clasping, both surfaces glandular-pubescent. Heads radiate, up to c. 15 on sparsely bracteate peduncles corymbose-paniculately arranged. Involucre campanulate, bracts c. 14, 7.5-8 mm long, about equalling the disc, glandular-hispid, calyculus bracts few, very small. Rays 6-8(-11), short, soon reflexed, they and the disc bright yellow. Achenes 3.5 mm, cylindric, ribbed, hispidulous between the ribs.
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Annual herb, up to 1 m high; stems erect, branching from or near base, glandular-hispid, leafy. Leaves: blade oblong in outline, pinnatisect, ± 100 x 20 mm, decreasing in size upwards, lobes up to 7 each side, distant, margins coarsely and sharply dentate; lower leaves with petiole-like base, bases of all leaves broadened, ear-clasping, glandular-pubescent. Heads radiate, up to ± 15 on sparsely bracteate peduncles, corymbose-paniculately arranged. Involucral bracts ± 14, 7.5-8.0 mm long, ± equalling disc florets, glandular-hispid; calyculus bracts few, small. Flowers: ray florets 6-8(-11); ray and disc florets bright yellow; Jan.-Dec. Fruit with cypsela (and ovary) cylindric, ribbed, hispidulous between ribs.
Herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves pinnatisect, glandular-pubescent. Heads radiate, rays 6-8(-11); involucral bracts ± 14, 7.5-8.0 mm long. Achenes (and ovaries) hispidulous between ribs. Flowers bright yellow.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Senecio consanguineus world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:244589-1
WFO ID wfo-0000120891
COL ID 6YFBK
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio consanguineus