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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Family: Asteraceae
Senecio cunninghamii var. cunninghamii

Citation: Bushy groundsel.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Leaves entire, rarely distantly toothed, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, at least 10 times longer than broad, often lacking small teeth at the stem; plants glabrous.

Involucral bracts 4-5 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 675.

Distribution:  Most frequent along the banks and flood plains of the River Murray, its tributaries and associated lakes and lagoons.

S.Aust.: NL, MU, YP, SL, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.

Flowering time: mainly Sept. — April.

Biology: Bearing some resemblance to S. odoratus var. longifolius but distinguished from the latter by leaves that are indistinctly veined, somewhat fleshy and light-green above and below.

Author: Not yet available


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