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Senecio junceus (Less.) Harv.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Shrubby, herbaceous perennial, glabrous, succulent. Stems many from base, up to 1.2 m high, rod-like, striate, erect, ± leafless. Leaves scale-like, few, minute. Inflorescence a terminal, few-several-headed corymb. Capitula radiate, disc and rays (± 5) yellow; involucre cylindrical; bracts 9 or 10, ± 8 mm long; calyculus bracts few, small. Flowering time mainly Jan.-May. Cypselae cylindrical, up to 4 mm long, ± ribbed, glabrous, with cup-like disc.
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Erect or tangled, succulent-stemmed shrub, up to 1 m tall, with rod-like stems from woody rootstock, apparently leafless, glabrous. Leaves linear-subulate, dry, 2-8 mm long. Flowerheads in subsessile or pedunculate corymbs, terminal and in upper axils, radiate, yellow; involucre cylindrical, 3-4 mm diam., bracts 8-10, 7-8 x ± 1 mm, bracteoles 2-4, subulate. Cypselas glabrous.
Apparently leafless, succulent-stemmed shrub to 90 cm with rod-like stems from woody rootstock. Leaves scale-like, dry. Flower heads radiate, in terminal clusters, yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.1
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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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 junceus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:245765-1
WFO ID wfo-0000030546
COL ID 6YH5M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Brachyrhynchos junceus Cineraria scirpina Cineraria coronata Senecio junceus Brachyrhynchos junceus
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