Senecio pectinatus

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Senecio pectinatus
Unidentified Plant 9962 - Walls of Jerusalem.jpg
In Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmania
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. pectinatus
Binomial name
Senecio pectinatus

Senecio pectinatus, commonly known as alpine groundsel, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family.[2] The species occurs in alpine areas of south-eastern Australia in peat-based soils.[3][4] It has divided leaves forming a basal rosette and produces a single yellow flower head (up to 30 mm diameter) on a stalk up to 20 cm high.[3]

Two varieties are currently recognised:

  • Senecio pectinatus var. major F.Muell. ex Belcher (Victoria and New South Wales)[5][6]
  • Senecio pectinatus DC. var. pectinatus (Victoria and Tasmania)[5][7] It has small leaves with the tips of the divided segments curving inwards.[4]

A white-flowering variety (Senecio pectinatus var. ochroleucus F.Muell.) was promoted to species status in 2004 as I.Thomps.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Senecio pectinatus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Senecio pectinatus DC". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Senecio pectinatus (DC.) Benth". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Senecio pectinatus (Asteraceae)". Key to Tasmanian vascular plants. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b Walsh N.G and V. Stajsic. Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria (Eighth ed.). Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. ISBN 978-0-9751362-8-7. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Senecio pectinatus var. major F.Muell. ex Belcher". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  7. ^ "A Census of the vascular plants of Tasmania" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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