Senecio speciosissimus J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

Species

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Characteristics

Robust, densely leafy, sparsely white-woolly perennial to 2 m. Leaves lanceolate, ascending, margins revolute, slightly toothed. Flower heads radiate, large, in lax, terminal corymbs, yellow with mauve or white rays, involucres calycled.
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Soil humidity 10-12
Soil texture 5-6
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Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Images

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Distribution

Senecio speciosissimus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77067014-1
WFO ID wfo-0000137965
COL ID 4WN8H
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Synonyms

Senecio speciosissimus