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Senecio perrottetii

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Name

Identification
Senecio perrottetii DC. [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Senecio strictus
  • Senecio aegyptius
  • Senecio perrottetii

Flora

Entry for SENECIO Perrottetii DC. [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 Perrottetii DC. [family COMPOSITAE], Prodr. vi. p. 343.
SENECIO strictus DC. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c.
Information
Annual, erect, glabrous, simple or branched, 1–2 ft. high. Lower leaves attenuate into a petiole; upper leaves sessile, auriculate-amplexicaul, dentate or incise-pinnatifid, oval or oblong, obtuse or apiculate, 1–3 1/2 in. long. Capitula widely campanulate, about 1/4 in. long, on pedicels of 1/12–1 in. long, in a corymbose cyme. Calyculus of a few short subulate or filiform bracts. Involucral bracts narrowly linear, acuminate, 2–1-nerved, with scarious margins, equalling the florets. Ligule of ray-florets 5–4-nerved, full or half the length of the involucre. Achenes costate, minutely setulose on the ribs.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea Perrottet!

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