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Senecio crassiusculus

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Name

Identification
Senecio crassiusculus DC. [family COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for SENECIO crassiusculus DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
SENECIO crassiusculus DC. [family COMPOSITAE], ! l. c. 401
SENECIO pinnulatus Sieb. [family COMPOSITAE], Cap. 264, non Th.
Information
suffruticose, erect, glabrous; stems terete, striate, loosely corymbose or panicled above; leaves thickish, flat, half-clasping, variable in shape, either linear, oblong, lanceolate or spathulate, sparingly pinnate-lobed and toothed, or unequally toothed, the lobes and teeth acute; corymb few-headed, pedicels nearly nude; inv. sparingly calycled, of 10–12 acuminate scales; disc-fl. 30–35, rays 8–10; achenes minutely hispidulous. 1–2-ft. high, the stem and leaves somewhat fleshy. Leaves polymorphous, with a cartilaginous edge and sharp rigid teeth or lobes. Inv. 4–5 lines long. Heads much larger than in S. subsinuatus.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Adow; Zuureberg, and betw. Coega and Zondag R., Drege! Adow and Zwartekops R., Zey.! 2979. Also said to be found on the Oudeberg, and betw. Grasberg R. and Water Val, Tulbagh, Drege, and near Stellenbosch and Capetown (?) by Ecklon. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.)

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