Senecio cineraria

Taxobox
name = "Jacobaea maritima"

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image_width = 270px
image_caption = Dusty Miller
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Jacobaea"
species = "J. maritima"
binomial = "Jacobaea maritima"
binomial_authority = (L.) Pelser & Meijden (2005)
synonyms = "Cineraria bicolor" Willd. "Othonna maritima" L. "Senecio bicolor" (Willd.) Tod. "Senecio cineraria" DC. "Cineraria maritima" (L.) L. "Senecio maritimus" (L.) Rchb. "Cineraria gibbosa" Guss. "Cineraria nebrodensis" Guss. "Cineraria ambigua" Biv. Sources: AJB,cite journal
last = Pelser
first = Pieter B.
authorlink =Pieter B. Pelser
coauthors = Barbara Gravendeel and Ruud van der Meijden
title = Tackling speciose genera: species composition and phylogenetic position of Senecio sect. Jacobaea (Asteraceae) based onplastid and nrDNA sequences
journal = American Journal of Botany
volume =89
pages =929-939
publisher = Botanical Society of America
date =2002
url =http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/89/6/929
accessdate = 2008-06-29 ] NRCS,cite web
url = http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SECI2
title = PLANTS Profile, "Senecio cineraria" DC.
accessdate = 2008-02-27
author = Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
authorlink = Natural Resources Conservation Service
format = HTML
work = The PLANTS Database
publisher = United States Department of Agriculture ] GRIN,cite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?450258
title = Taxon: "Jacobaea maritima" (L.) Pelser & Meijden
accessdate = 2008-02-27
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
date = 2007-05-04
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ] E+Mcite web
url = http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7002288&PTRefFk=7000000
title = Details for: Jacobaea maritima
accessdate = 2008-02-19
author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
authorlink = Botanical Garden in Berlin
format = HTML
work = Euro+Med PlantBase
publisher =

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range_map_width = 270px
range_map_caption = Range of uncultivated "S. cineraria".

"Senecio cineraria" also known as Dusty miller is a species of "Senecio" from the family Asteraceae, a native perennial of the Mediterranean and widely cultivated as an annual for its silver, felt-like leaves.

"Senecio cineraria" shares the common name Dusty miller with other plants that also have silvery leaves; the two most often to share the name are "Centaurea cineraria" and "Lychnis coronaria".

Common names

* _en. Dusty miller, Silver ragwort
* _fr. Cinéraire maritime, Séneçon Cinéraire, Séneçon cendré
* _it. Cineraria, Senecione cinerario
* _ja. シロタエギク
* _pl. starzec srebrzysty
* _ru. Крестовник цинерариевый, Цинерария морская
* _sv. Silverek
* _zh. 銀葉菊 cite journal
last =Taiwan Plant Names
authorlink =Flora of North America
title = Taiwan/Dicots
volume =1
pages =141
accessdate = 2008-04-03 ]

Description

"Jacobaea maritima" is a very white-woolly, frost tender, heat and drought tolerant, evergreen,cite web
url = http://msuplants.com/pd.asp?pid=1751
title = Dusty Miller ("Senecio cineraria")
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = Jesse Saylor
authorlink = Michigan State University
format = HTML
work = Plant Encyclopedia]
perennial, dicot, subshrub that can grow to be convert|2|ft|m|lk=on or less tallcite book
last = Bailey
first = Liberty Hyde
title = The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=PpQDAAAAMAAJ
format = HTML
edition = 6
year = 1917
publisher = The Macmillan Company
pages = 3639
chapter = Senecio
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=PpQDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1658&lpg=PA1658
accessdate = 2008-03-03 ] and convert|18|in|cm|lk=on to convert|24|in|cm wide.

Leaves and stems: Stiff stems branching from the base, and covered in long, white, matted hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped, convert|2|in|cm to convert|6|in|cm long, serrated, pinnately cut, stiff, with oblong and obtuse segments, numerous and like the stems, also covered with long, white, matted hairs.

Flowers: Yellow or white in daisy-like,cite web
url = http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?Code=A608
title = "Senecio cineraria"
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = Kemper Center for Home Gardening
authorlink = Missouri Botanical Garden
format = HTML
publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden] convert|1.5|in|cm wide,rayless, compact flower heads resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common whorl of sepals or ring of bracts at the base of the flower stalk."S. cineraria" does not produce flowers the first year.

Seeds: Fruit are cylindrical achenes.

Distribution

Native :Africa::Northern Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia:Asia::Western Asia: Turkey, Anatolia:Europe::Southeastern Europe: Aegean Islands, Kastelorizo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia. ::Southwestern Europe: France, Corsica, Monaco, Gibraltar, Spain

Current:Africa::Northern Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Gran Canaria, Graciosa,:America::North America: Alabama, California, Maryland, New York, Oregon, Utah:Asia::Western Asia: Turkey, Anatolia:Europe::Northern Europe: Channel Islands, Ireland, United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), Sweden::Middle Europe: Germany::Southeastern Europe: Aegean Islands, Bulgaria, Crimea, Cyprus, Kastelorizo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Sardinia, Sicily, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia. ::Southwestern Europe: Corsica, France, Gibraltar, Ibiza, Formentera, Majorca, Minorca, Monaco, São Jorge Island, São Miguel Island, Pico Island, Santa Maria Island, Terceira Island, Spain::West Europe: Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands
North America
Canary Islands
Africa
Europe

Horticulture

Quote box
quote = "S. Cineraria" is an old-fashioned garden plant.
source = Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1917
width = 33%
align = left"Jacobaea maritima" is known in the world of horticulture to be a tender perennial, that is winter hardy to USDA Zones 8-10,cite web
url = http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hrdzon3.html
title = Hardiness Zones -- Details
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = United States National Arboretum
authorlink = United States National Arboretum
date = 2003-10-06
format = HTML
work = USDA Hardiness Zone Map
publisher = United States Department of Agriculture] and often lasts past the first frost, tolerant of shade but with some sun produces the best foliage color. As an annual, it grows in a rounded clump convert|6|in|cm to convert|15|in|cm; as a perennial, it gets shrubby and can grow to convert|2|ft|m tall.Often the cultivars do not produce flowers at all and new plants are purchased every year or cuttings gathered in the autumn.Recommended as fire resistant landscaping in Californiacite web
url = http://plumasfiresafe.org/Documents/treenote17.fire%20resits%20plant.3.pdf
title = Tree Notes
accessdate = 2008-03-02
author = Jeanette Knutson-Pedersen
authorlink = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
year = 2005
month = July
format = PDF
work = Fire Safe Landscaping
publisher = Plumas Fire Safe Council ] that also is an attractive way to screen around outdoor electrical installations,cite web
url = http://www.city.davis.ca.us/cdd/pdfs/planning/forms/Ground-mounted_Transformer_Screening_Requirements.pdf
title = LANDSCAPE SCREEN FOR PAD-MOUNTED TRANSFORMERS
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = T&D Engineering and Technical Support
authorlink = Pacific Gas and Electric Company
date = 2002-02-02
format = PDF
work = UG-1: Transformers Greenbook
publisher = City of Davis] as a plant that deer do not seem to like well enough to severely damage by eating,cite web
url = http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/publications/deerbest.html
title = Coping with the deer by the use of deer resistant plants.
accessdate = 2008-02-29
author = Forrest W. Appleton, Retired certifed nursery professional, Bexar County Master Gardener
authorlink = Cooperative extension service
date = 2003-09-29
format = HTML
work = [PLANTanswers http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/plantanswers/web.html]
publisher = Texas A&M University] whose leaves are attractive to two species of old world bees ("Megachilidae": "Anthidium manicatum" and "Anthidium oblongatum")cite journal
last = Shane R. Miller, Robert Gaebel, Randall J. Mitchell, and Mike Arduser
coauthors = University of Akron
title = OCCURRENCE OF TWO SPECIES OF OLD WORLD BEES, "ANTHIDIUM MANICATUM" AND "A. OBLONGATUM" (APOIDEA: MEGACHILIDAE), IN NORTHERN OHIO AND SOUTHERN MICHIGAN
journal = THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST
volume = 35
issue = 1
pages = 65–69
url = http://www3.uakron.edu/biology/mitchell/pdfs/Miller%20et%20al%202002.pdf
accessdate = 2008-03-03 ] and as a water conserving perennialcite web
url = http://www.pasorobles.ca.gov/government/departments/publicworks/water/pdf/Perennials13-16.pdf
title = Water Conserving Plants - Perennials 13-16
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = City of Paso Robles
authorlink = Paso Robles, California
format = PDF
publisher = Paso Robles Water Division] which is also a reliable halophile.cite web
url = http://www.yorkcounty.gov/vce/progareas/hort/pubs/Salt%20Tolerant%20Plants%20w%20ltrhead.pdf
title = Salt Tolerant Plants for Water-front Applications
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = York County Office
authorlink = York County, Virginia
format = PDF]

ubspecies which are synonyms

*"Senecio bicolor" (Willd.) Todaro ssp. "cineraria" (DC.) Chatercite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33655
title = Taxon: "Senecio cineraria" DC.
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
date = 1995-05-28
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ]
*"Senecio bicolor" subsp. "cineraria" (DC.) Chater
*"Senecio cineraria" subsp. "bicolor" (Willd.) Arcang.

References

Further reading

*cite web
url = http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2005/Projects/J1408.pdf
title = Analyzing the Effects of Gasoline Vapors on "Senecio cineraria": Acute vs. Chronic Exposure
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = Stephanie A. Doran
authorlink = Science_fair#United_States
date = 2005-05-02
format = PDF
work = CALIFORNIA STATE SCIENCE FAIR 2005 PROJECT SUMMARY
publisher = [http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2005/ 2005 California State Science Fair]
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*cite web
url = http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/SENCINA.PDF
title = Fact Sheet FPS-544 "Senecio cineraria"
accessdate = 2008-03-03
author = Edward F. Gilman, Teresa Howe
authorlink = University of Florida
year = 1999
month = October
format = PDF
work = [http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/shrubs/ 514 Shrub Fact Sheets]
publisher = USDA, Cooperative extension service