Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Details
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 431 (1838)
Nomenclature
(Sims) DC.
Sims
DC.
1838
431
ICN
species
Senecio petasitis
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Erect, perennial shrub, up to c. 1-(2) m tall. Stems moderately to densely clothed in short hairs, becoming less hairy, branched from base and above. Lvs moderately to densely clothed in short hairs giving a velvety texture to both surfaces, petiolate; petiole ± = lamina, not amplexicaul; lamina ± orbicular, acute to obtuse, truncate to cordate at base, minutely denticulate and shallowly lobed with 4-7, ± flat-sided lobes on each side, 10-20 cm diam.; venation palmate. Uppermost lvs becoming smaller, and sometimes apetiolate and obovate. Capitula in dense terminal panicles. Supplementary bracts 0-4, linear-lanceolate, 1.5-7 mm long. Involucral bracts 7-9, ovate- to elliptic-oblong, pubescent, 7-12 mm long. Ray florets 4-6; ligules yellow, 5-10 mm long. Disc brownish yellow. Mature achenes not seen, glabrous.
Taxonomic concepts
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Metadata
655c71de-9343-443b-be60-cfe64dd824ac
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
16 June 2006