Senecio cotyledonis Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Glabrous, perennial shrublet, succulent, up to 0.6 m high. Branches thick, nude and scarred below, densely leafy above. Leaves sessile, glaucous, linear, ± keeled, acute, up to 55 mm long. Inflorescence a dense corymb; pedicel and flower head shorter than leaves. Capitula radiate, disc and rays (5-7) bright yellow; involucre cylindrical; bracts 10-12, 10 mm long; calyculus bracts few, short. Flowering time May-Sept. Cypselae cylindrical, 3-4 mm long, densely hairy.
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Succulent shrublets, up to 0.6 m tall, with erect stems well-branched above and leafless below, 6-8 mm diam. Leaves crowded at branch tips, deciduous, trigonous-falcate, apiculate, 10-40 x 2-3 mm. Flowerheads crowded, mostly 1 or 51 mm shortly pedunculate corymbs nested among leaves, radiate, yellow; involucre cylindrical, 3-5 mm diam., bracts ± 8, 7-12 x ± 1 mm, bracteoles ± 3, subulate.
Thick-stemmed, succulent shrublet to 60 cm. Leaves cylindric, fleshy, crowded apically, pungent. Flower heads radiate, in dense corymbs nested in leaves, yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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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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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:244645-1
WFO ID wfo-0000035370
COL ID 4WKBZ
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Synonyms

Senecio cotyledonis