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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Family: Asteraceae
Senecio odoratus var. longifolius

Citation: M. Lawr., J. Adelaide Bot. Gard 7:289 (1985).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Shrub to 150cm high; leaves coriaceous, generally held at an angle of less than 45º to the stem, narrowly lanceolate, at least 10 times longer than broad, 5-14 x 0.5-1.4 cm, basally narrowed or subpetiolate, with or without small toothed auricles; margin often flat, sometimes shortly revolute, distantly and minutely toothed or subentire; adaxially dark-green, abaxially a lighter green and glabrous or sparsely and loosely cobwebby, with conspicuous lateral veins that usually darken on drying.

Inflorescence usually paniculate and rather lax, sometimes corymbose.

Distribution:  An uncommon narrow-leafed plant distinguished from S. cunninghamii and allied to S. odoratus by its prominent and reticulate leaf venation.

Flowering time: Nov. — March.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available


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