Senecio glaucophyllus Cheeseman

Species

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Characteristics

Prostrate, ascending or erect, glabrous or almost glabrous perennial herb, often woody toward base. Lvs petiolate or apetiolate and sometimes amplexicaul, oblanceolate, narrow-elliptic, narrow-ovate or oblong, not lobed and sinuate-dentate or serrate, or pinnately lobed to pinnatifid or lyrate-pinnatifid with narrow to oblong, entire or few-toothed segments, 20-80-(90) × (4)-12-25-(30) mm; primary segments, lobes or teeth (4)-5-9-(11) on each side. Uppermost lvs smaller, usually broader at base and amplexicaul, with few teeth or divisions, or sometimes entire. Supplementary bracts 4-10, (1)-2-3-(6) mm long. Involucral bracts (10)-12-16-(21), 4-6.5-(7.5) mm long. Ray florets 0 (subsp. discoideus) or 8-15; ligules bright yellow, (1)-2-7-(8) mm long. Disc dull yellow, 4-9 mm diam. Achenes usually sparsely to densely hairy between ribs, rarely ± evenly hairy, slightly narrowed to apex, 2.5-3.5 mm long.
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Glab. herb up to 10 dm. tall from stout woody stock; branches ∞, up to 5 mm. diam., grooved. Lvs 5-10 × 1-2.5 cm., glaucous, submembr., oblong-to spathulate-obovate, obtuse to subacute, sinuate-dentate to serrate, narrowed into flat petiole; upper lvs narrower. Capitula up to 1·5 cm. diam. in small corymbs on slender bracteolate pedicels; phyll. linear-oblong, acute, 2-ribbed; ray-florets c. 15, ligules up to 1 cm. long, yellow. Achenes 2 mm. long, grooved, pubescent; pappus-hairs up to 6 mm. long, slender, somewhat flexuous, barbellate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Senecio glaucophyllus world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139508-3
WFO ID wfo-0000038687
COL ID 4WKY8
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Synonyms

Senecio lautus var. montanus Senecio glaucophyllus

Lower taxons

Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. discoideus Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. glaucophyllus Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. basinudus Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. toa