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Senecio intricatus S.Moore

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Perennial, dwarf shrub, up to 0.45 m high, much-branched, younger parts shortly grey-woolly. Stems later dark, woody, brittle. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate, oblong-spathulate to oblong-obovate, up to 13 mm long, margins revolute, dentate to lobulate in upper half. Inflorescence terminal, 1-headed. Capitula radiate, disc and rays (1-4) yellow, rays dark purplish below; involucre campanulate; bracts ± 12, 7 mm long; calyculus bracts few, short. Flowering time Sept.-Feb. Cypselae cylindrical, 2 mm long, hairy.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 0.45 m high, branches rigid, semispinescent, canous-tomentose. Leaves sometimes in fascicles; blade obovate or oblong-obovate, ± 14 x 9 mm, apex obtuse, narrowed to petiole-like base, margins lobed and dentate; lower surface faintly and sparsely tomentose. Heads radiate, solitary, terminal, pedunculate. Involucral bracts 12, ± 7 mm long, cobwebby, calyculus bracts ± 3 mm long. Flowers: 1-4 ray florets; ray and disc florets yellow; May, Oct. Fruit with cypsela linear, hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.45
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 3-4
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
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Senecio intricatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:245689-1
WFO ID wfo-0000032422
COL ID 4WLCB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio intricatus
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