Senecio crassiflorus
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| Margarida das dunas | |
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| Species: | S. crassiflorus
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| Senecio crassiflorus[1] | |
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Cineraria crassiflora Poir. [2] | |
Senecio crassiflorus, one of the South American native Senecio and an herbaceous dune dwelling perennial.[5]
Common name
Description
Senecio crassiflorus 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 and reproduction
- Achenes .3 centimetres (0.12 in) to .5 centimetres (0.20 in); pappus 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) long.[6]
- Reports claim S. crassiflorus does not produce viable seeds and spreads itself asexually or via vegetative reproduction.[7][5]
- Community species
Distribution
- Current
- Neotropic:
- Australasia:
- Australia: New South Wales[6]
- New Zealand North: Wellington[8]
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 c d Schardosim, Alecsandro (September 2007). "Florística e estrutura comunitária de restinga herbácea no município de Araranguá, Santa Catarina" (PDF). Biotemas (in Spanish). 20 (3): 15–26. ISSN 0103 – 1643. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ "Scientific name : Senecio crassiflorus (Poir.) DC" (HTML). Exotic Plant Life and Weeds. New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
- ^ "Checklist of dicotyledons naturalised in New Zealand 18 ..." (PDF). Royal Society of New Zealand. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
External links
Media related to Senecio crassiflorus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Senecio crassiflorus at Wikispecies
- "Cultivated Senecio crassiflorus" (HTML). Tony. 2003-10-12. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
{{cite web}}: External link in|publisher= - Landcare Research. "Ngā Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants" (HTML). New Zealand Plant Names Database. Landcare Research Allan Herbarium and New Zealand Plant Names Database. Retrieved 2008-04-25.
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