Senecio pectinatus

Senecio pectinatus
Flowering plants among rocks in
Walls of Jerusalem National Park in Tasmania
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species: S. pectinatus
Binomial name
Senecio pectinatus
DC.[1]

Senecio pectinatus, commonly known as alpine groundsel, is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae 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 flowerhead (up to 30 mm diameter) on a stalk up to 20 cm high.[3]

Two varieties are currently recognised:

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

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Senecio pectinatus (DC.) Benth.". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Senecio pectinatus (Asteraceae)". Key to Tasmanian vascular plants. University of Tasmania. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  5. 1 2 Walsh N.G and V. Stajsic. Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria (Eighth Edition). 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). Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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