Senecio inaequidens

Senecio inaequidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Senecio
Species: S. inaequidens
Binomial name
Senecio inaequidens
DC. (1838 )
Synonyms

Senecio pellucidus
Sources: IPNI,[1] AFPD[2]

Senecio inaequidens, known as narrow-leaved ragwort[3] and South African ragwort,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae.

Description

Senecio inaequidens is a perennial herbaceous plant about 80 cm high, with practically hairless stems and leaves. The leaves are linear, entire or almost so and without petioles. The flower heads are capitula with yellow ligules (ray florets) about 10mm in length.[5]:763

Distribution

It is a native species in the Afrotropic ecozone, specifically in Southern Africa: Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland.[6]

In a European country like Norway it is considered as "alien" and a "threat against biodiversity". In 2010 it was discovered in Oslo, to the authorities' dismay.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Plant Name Details for Senecio inaequidens" (HTML). International Plant Names Index (IPNI). International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Senecio inaequidens DC. record n° 98173". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  3. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ↑ "Senecio inaequidens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
  6. ↑ "Senecio inaequidens". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-05-25.
  7. ↑ "Boersvineblom funnet på Sjursøya i Oslo" (in Norwegian). County Governor's Office in Oslo and Akershus. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 22 October 2010.


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