Senecio lanibracteus I.Thomps.

Shrubs to c. 1.8 m high, sometimes glaucous, usually appressed-cobwebby, sometimes becoming ± glabrous. Leaves to c. 8 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 2–11, undivided or rarely lobate; base attenuate or uppermost leaves with 1 or 2 small lobes per side; margin denticulate or dentate; surfaces appressed-cobwebby or woolly, sometimes becoming ± glabrous; venation indistinct. Capitula several to many per branch; calycular bracteoles 2–6, 1.5–2 mm long; involucre 3–6 mm long, c. 2–3 mm diam.; bracts 8–10 (–12), appressed-woolly, sometimes becoming ± glabrous, rarely glabrous. Florets 10–18 (–22), all tubular. Achenes ± narrowly obloid, 2.5–4 mm long, with papillose hairs in bands. Pappus 4–7 mm long.

Grows often in or near drains or watercourses in plains, on various soils in shrubland and woodland.