Senecio pauciflosculosus C.Jeffrey

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Perennial shrublet. Stems rigid, ± simple, light grey-or rusty-woolly, up to 0.9 m high, densely leafy. Leaves sessile, elliptic to ovate-oblong, up to 20 mm long, entire or upper half 3-5-toothed, margins subrevolute, glabrous or dark grey-woolly above, light grey-or rusty-woolly below. Inflorescence terminal, densely corymbose. Capitula discoid, pale yellow; involucre narrowly campanulate; bracts 5-7, tomentose, 5-6 mm long; calyculus bracts few, small. Flowering time Feb.-June. Cypselae cylindrical, 2.5 mm long, ribbed, glabrous.
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Densely leafy, grey-felted shrublet to 30 cm. Leaves elliptic, discolorous, often glabrous above, entire or toothed above, usually 3-veined from base. Flower heads discoid, in dense, terminal clusters, pale yellow, involucres calycled.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Senecio pauciflosculosus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961746-1
WFO ID wfo-0000017196
COL ID 4WMDH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio pauciflosculosus Senecio oliganthus Senecio oliganthus