Senecio sarcoides
| Senecio sarcoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Senecio |
| Species: | S. sarcoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Senecio sarcoides C.Jeffrey
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Senecio sarcoides (previously S. corymbiferus) is a species of succulent flowering plant in the aster family, indigenous to the Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa. [1]
Description[]
This basally-branching, succulent shrub reaches up to 2 meters in height, but is usually smaller. The thick, erect stems are slightly flattened vertically.[2]
The leaves are assembled around the tips of the branches. Leaves are slender, long, terete and tapering (60mm x 5mm). They are blue-green from their pale waxy covering, smooth and each leaf has longitudinal lines. [3]
Related species[]
Several related and similar looking species occur in the region, such as and Senecio cotyledonis.
Senecio sarcoides is distinguished from by its flower clusters on the tips of the stems, which are on pedicels that are of a similar length to the leaves.
Distribution[]
This species occurs from the Robertson Karoo in the south, northwards along the western part of South Africa, in dry areas growing in rocky soils of granite or shale.
References[]
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