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'''''Senecio crassifolius''''', one of the South American [[perennial]] ''[[Senecio]]'' that grows on sandy coastlines. |
'''''Senecio crassifolius''''', one of the South American [[perennial]] ''[[Senecio]]'' that grows on sandy coastlines. |
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''S. crassifolius'', a South Amercian [[perennial]] native sometimes shares its latin name with one of the Middle East native [[annual plant|annuals]] ''Senecio'', ''[[Senecio leucanthemifolius]]''. The former was named by [[Jean Louis Marie Poiret]] (Poir.) and the latter was named by [[Carl Ludwig von Willdenow]] (Willd.).<ref name="EUROMED">{{cite web |
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| author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem |
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| authorlink = Botanical Garden in Berlin |
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| publisher = [[Free University of Berlin|Freie Universität Berlin]] |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Senecio crassifolius, one of the South American perennial Senecio that grows on sandy coastlines.
Description
Senecio crassifolius is not an upright herb, the silvery to white woolly 20 centimetres (7.9 in) to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall plant tends to "lay down and rest" on the dunes and sandy coastal areas it inhabits.
- Leaves
- Shaped like spatula with roundish, long, narrow, linear bases to having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. Mostly 4 centimetres (1.6 in) to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long, .6 centimetres (0.24 in) to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. The edges are smooth or toothed towards apex and both surfaces woolly.
- Flowers
- Broadly bell shaped, woolly flower heads appear singly or a few together, 1 centimetre (0.39 in) to 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) in diameter.
- Seeds
- Achenes .3 centimetres (0.12 in) to .5 centimetres (0.20 in); pappus 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) long.[5]
Distribution
- Current
- Neotropic:
- Australasia:
- Australia: New South Wales[5]
References
- ^ a b c Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1985-11-07). "Taxon: Senecio crassiflorus (Poir.) DC" (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ Tropicos. "Senecio crassiflorus (Poir.) DC" (HTML). Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ Australian National Botanic Gardens. "Senecio crassiflorus (Lam.) DC" (HTML). Australian Plant Name Index. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von; Eichler, August Wilhelm; Endlicher, István László; Fenzl, Eduard; Mary, Benj; Oldenburg, R; Urban, Ignaz. (1840–1906). "Botanicus.org: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum" (HTML). Monachii et Lipsiae [Munich & Leipzig] : R. Oldenbourg ; 1840-1906. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Senecio crassiflorus (Poir.) DC" (HTML). New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
External links
Media related to Senecio crassiflorus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Senecio crassiflorus at Wikispecies
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