Senecio hollandii Compton

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Perennial shrublet or shrub, up to 1 m high. Stems white-woolly to grey, densely leafy above, ± nude below. Leaves ovate, up to 25 mm long, margins ± revolute, shortly dentate, leathery, glabrescent to ± glossy above, densely white-woolly below; petioles 5-8 mm long. Inflorescence a dense, terminal corymb. Capitula radiate, disc and rays (± 5) yellow; involucre campanulate; bracts ± 8, 4 mm long; calyculus bracts few, minute. Flowering time Apr.-Oct. Cypselae cylindrical, ± ribbed, 2.5 mm long, ± glabrous, light brown.
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Densely white-felted shrub to 70 cm. Leaves ovate, petiolate, discolorous, glabrous above, sharply toothed, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, in branched, terminal corymbs, yellow, involucres calycled.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Senecio hollandii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:245548-1
WFO ID wfo-0000037487
COL ID 4WL7S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio hollandii