Senecio gregatus Hilliard

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 1 m high; from woody rootstock, stems solitary, simple or branching low down, glabrous, densely leafy in upper part. Leaves: blade narrowly ovate to elliptic (technically lyrate-pinnatifid with large apical lobe and few small basal lobes), 120 x 13 mm, apex acute, base narrowed, half stem-clasping, margins regularly serrulate with 1 to 3 pairs of elongated lobes at base; glabrous. Heads radiate, many in terminal, congested, corymbose panicle. Involucral bracts 12, 3.0-3.5 mm long, ± 1/2 as long as disc florets, glabrous; calyculus bracts similar. Flowers: ray florets 8-13; ray and disc florets yellow; Mar.-May. Fruit with cypsela (and ovary) glabrous.
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Similar to S. serratuloides DC. (above) except: Stems simple or branching low down, branches stiffly erect, glabrous, closely leafy. Leaves up to 120 mm long, flat, not folded, apical lobe very long, linear to lanceolate, basal lobes sometimes one pair only, margins thickened, serrate or serrulate, teeth not incurved, both surfaces glabrous or almost. Flowering time Mar.-May.
Stems simple or branching low down, branches stiffly erect, glabrous, closely leafy. Leaves up to 12 x 1.5 cm, sometimes very narrow (c. 2 mm), flat, not folded, apical lobe linear to lanceolate, tapering at both ends, basal lobes sometimes reduced to one pair, margins thickened, serrate or serrulate, tips of the teeth not incurved, both surfaces glabrous or nearly so.
Perennial herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves lanceolate to narrowly linear-elliptic, glabrous, margins regularly serrulate. Heads radiate, rays 8-13, involucral bracts 12, 3.0-3.5 mm long. Achenes and ovaries glabrous. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 7-11
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Senecio gregatus world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:940877-1
WFO ID wfo-0000133275
COL ID 4WL2B
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio gregatus Senecio serratuloides var. gracilis Senecio serratuloides var. holubii Senecio serratuloides var. dieterlenii Senecio serratuloides var. rehmannii