Senecio parascitus Hilliard

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Herba perennis, summo caudice lanato et lana in axillis foliorum occulta (lana raro absente) excepta glabra; caules floriferi e caudice 1 vel plures, ad 60 cm alti, infra inflorescentiam compositam simplices, in dimidio inferiore foliati, superne bracteati. Folia 3-8, in parte caulis inferiore conferta, coriacea, abrupte in bracteas distantes transeuntia, plerumque 80-170 x 15-35 mm, summa et infima paulo minora, 4-8-plo latitudine longiora, lanceolata vel elliptica, apice subacuto vel breviter acuminato, basi cordato-amplexicauli breviter decurrente, marginibus paulo incrassatis integris vel minute et distanter calloso-denticulatis, nervis lateralibus paucis indistinctis. Capitula radiata, 3-15 in pedunculis longis paniculam corymbosam formantia. Involucrum turbinato-campanulatum, bracteae 8-13, 6.5-9 mm longae, floribus disci breviores; bracteae calyculi 1 vel 2, minimae. Flores radii plerumque 8, limbo c. 9-11 mm longo, ut ei disci vivide lutei. Achenia 3.5-5 mm glabra.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Senecio parascitus world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:907018-1
WFO ID wfo-0000005549
COL ID 4WMCK
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Synonyms

Senecio parascitus