Senecio longiflorus(DC.) Sch.Bip. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Kleinia longifloraDC. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2012
Related name
Kleinia longiflora
Senecio longiflorus
Flora
Entry for SENECIO longiflorus O. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 253, (1877) Author: (By Prof. Oliver and W. P. Hiern.)
Names
SENECIO longiflorusO. & H. [family COMPOSITAE]
Kleinia longifloraDC. [family ], Prodr. vi. p. 337; Harv. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 316.
Information
An erect glabrous fleshy rigid perennial, shrubby, much-branched, 1 1/2–2 ft. high. Stem and branches angular. Leaves scale-like, distant, subulate, 1/4– 1/3 in. long. Capitula subcylindrical, 1–1 1/2 in. long, narrow, on stout peduncles of 1/4– 1/3 in., 2–5 together terminating the branches and short lateral shoots. Calyculus consisting of a few minute scales or obsolete. Involucral bracts 5–6, linear, tapering upwards, striate, 1/2– 3/4 in. long. Florets all tubular, hermaphrodite, 5–10, about double the length of the involucre. Achenes costate, subcylindrical, ranging up to 1/3 in. long, setulose between the ribs. Receptacle alveolate, fimbrillate; fimbrillæ caducous, short.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Roth! (full of a resinous balsamic juice), at elevation of 4,000–7,500 feet.South Central Lake Ngami, Hb. Dublin! at the junction of the Semokhie with the Shasha Rivers, Baines!
