Senecio crassiusculus Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Erect, glabrous, loosely branched shrublet, ± succulent, up to 0.6 m high. Stems nude, striate, scarred below, leafy above. Leaves flat, sessile, variable, linear to lanceolate or spathulate or ± pinnate-lobed and/or toothed, margins hard, teeth and lobes rigid. Inflorescence terminal, loosely corymbose, few-headed; peduncles ± nude. Capitula radiate, rays (8-10) and disc yellow; involucre campanulate; bracts 10-12, ± 7 mm long; calyculus bracts few, minute. Flowering time mainly Apr., May. Cypselae cylindrical, 2 mm long, ribbed, shortly hairy.
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Loosely branched, succulent shrub to 50 cm. Leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, fleshy, often irregularly lobed, margins slightly revolute. Flower heads radiate, in loosely branched corymbs on naked peduncles, yellow, involucres minutely calycled.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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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 crassiusculus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:244665-1
WFO ID wfo-0000034532
COL ID 4WKCL
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Synonyms

Senecio crassiusculus Senecio pinnulatus Senecio pinnulatus