Senecio lineatus Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Perennial, herbaceous shrublet, up to 0.8 m high. Stems erect, simple, grey-felted, densely leafy. Leaves sessile, elliptic to lanceolate, up to 60 mm long, margins revolute, base ± lobulate, upper half entire to coarsely few-toothed, grey-felted, 3-nerved below, dark grey-felted to glabrescent above. Inflorescence a dense, 12-30-headed, terminal corymb. Capitula radiate, disc and rays (5 or 6) yellow; involucre narrowly campanulate; bracts 8 or 9, hairy, 5.5 mm long; calyculus bracts few, small. Flowering time Jan.-Aug. Cypselae cylindrical, 1.5-2.0 mm long, ribbed, glabrous.
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Densely leafy, grey-felted shrublet to 60 cm. Leaves elliptic, 3-veined from base, usually slightly toothed above, narrowly few-lobed basally, discolorous and grey below. Flower heads radiate, in dense, terminal corymbs, yellow, involucres calycled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.8
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 lineatus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:246081-1
WFO ID wfo-0000014333
COL ID 4WLPW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cineraria lineata Senecio lineatus Senecio persicifolius Senecio persicifolius