African daisy

Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Senecio pterophorus
Description: Plant Form: Erect tufted perennial shrub. Size: Up to 1.5 m tall. Stem: Several per plant. Usually whitish-cobwebby when young, becoming green and hairless and ribbed with age. Often with distinctive wings lower down. Leaves: Lance-shaped long and narrow, up to 12 cm long. Lower leaves generally with toothed edges, upper leaves smooth edges. Glossy green above, cobwebby and pale white or grey underneath. Flowers: Bright yellow daisy-like, numerous in large clusters of 40-200. With 8-13 petal-like florets and a cluster of 40-95 florets in central disk. Fruit and Seeds: Dry, up to 1.8 mm long, brown or reddish with ribbed and minutely hairy surface. Topped with parachuting hairs (pappus). Habitat: Railway lines, pastures, disturbed areas, woodland, urban bushland, grasslands. Distinguishing Features: Distinguished from native Fireweed groundsel (Senecio linearfolius) by having a winged stem lower down. Weed Status: Priority Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Agricultural Lifeform: Herbaceous

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