Creeping groundsel

Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Senecio angulatus
Description: Plant Form: Perennial scrambling or climbing plant. Size: Climbing up to 5 m high. Stem: Slightly fleshy, hairless, reddish. Can reproduce from segments. Leaves: Alternately arranged, 3-5 cm long, hairless, slightly fleshy, egg or diamond-shaped with shallow lobes or toothed edges. Flowers: Daisy-like, in clusters 4-8 cm across. Bright yellow, with 4-6 petal-like florets and rounded centre cluster of individual flowers. Fruit and Seeds: Pale brown, dry, covered in fine hairs, topped with a ring of parachuting hairs (pappus). Habitat: Disturbed areas, open woodland, urban bushland, coastal scrub, old gardens. Distinguishing Features: Distinguished from Cape ivy (Delairea odorata) in having larger flowers with obvious petal-like florets, as well as more fleshy foliage. Has generally smaller flowers than Natal ivy and Canary creeper (Senecio macroglossus and S. tamoides). Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Environmental Lifeform: Herbaceous

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