Senecio trachyphyllus Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Suffrutex erectus, perennis, ramosus, vix pedalis; ramis erectis vel erecto-patentibus, scabrido-hispidulis, dense foliatis; foliis erecto-patentibus, circuitu lanceolatis vel lanceolato-oblongis, acutis, margine plus minusve revolutis, grosse sinuato-paucidentatis vel sinuato-paucilobatis, superne scabrido-hispidulis, subtus costa marginibusque scabridis exceptis glabris, 2-3 cm longis, basi paulo dilatata subauriculatis, sessilibus; inflorescentia terminali, pedunculata, subcorymbosa, capitulis pluribus, pedicellis squamulis subulatis ad basin involucri calyculum formantibus vestitis; involucro 0.6 cm diametiente, foliolis 15-18, linearibus acutis, alte liberis, 0.5 cm longis, glabris; floribus radii 7-9, e basi tubuloso-filiformi anguste oblongo-ligulatis obtusis, involucrum subduplo excedentibus; floribus disci 0.6 cm longis, glabris, tubo subfiliformi-cylindrico, fauce paule dilatato, lobis brevibus, suberectis, ovatis, apice paulo incurvo subcucullato-concavis; filamentis filiformibus, antheris anguste linearibus obtusis, apices loborum attingentibus, 0.2 cm longis; stylo filiformi, brachiis 0.1 cm longis, loborum basin vix superantibus, achaeniis oblongis subteretibus, pilis brevibus, niveis, appressis strigillosis.
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Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Senecio trachyphyllus world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:248001-1
WFO ID wfo-0000015883
COL ID 6YGK7
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Synonyms

Senecio trachyphyllus