Description
Erect annual herb up to c. 40 cm tall, growing from a thick taproot. Stems covered in whitish felt-like hairs when young. Leaves alternate, subsessile, pinnately lobed, up to 6 cm long; margins toothed. Capitula in terminal compact branched heads, yellow, without ray-florets. Pappus of numerous barbellate bristles
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Flora of Zimbabwe
Author: Mark Hyde
Author: Bart Wursten
Author: Petra Ballings
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2011). Senecio vulgaris Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 30 November 2011 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161440
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- 2011-12-01 04:01:44 UTC
