Senecio barbertonicus

Taxobox
name = Senecio barbertonicus

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Barberton Groundsel
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Senecio"
binomial = "Senecio barbertonicus"
binomial_authority = Klattcite web
url = http://www.sabonet.org.za/downloads/35_swaziland_tree_atlas/j.swazi.index.pdf
title = Final Swaziland Tree ATlas index
accessdate = 2008-02-27
author = The Southern African Botanical Diversity Network
date = 2006-01-20
format = PDF]
synonyms =
range_

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range_map_width = 240px
range_map_caption = Range of "Senecio barbertonicus".

"Senecio barbertonicus" Klatt. common names of Barberton Groundselcite web
url = http://www.gardens.ucr.edu/events/shrubsFall.html
title = SHRUBS
accessdate = 2008-02-27
author = The Friends of U.C. Riverside Botanic Gardens
authorlink = University of California, Riverside, Botanic Gardens
date = 2007-10-20
format = HTML] or Succulent Bush Seneciocite book
last = Carruthers
first = Vincent
title = The Wildlife of Southern Africa: A Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of the Region
origdate = 2005
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QygFIjP9jYUC
format = HTML
accessdate = 2008-02-27
year = 2005
publisher = Struik
isbn = 1868724514
pages = 310 pages
chapter = Wild Flowers
chapterurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=QygFIjP9jYUC&pg=PT248] is an evergreen succulent shrub of the family Asteraceae and genus "Senecio", native to Southern Africa, named after one of its native localities Barberton and is now also being cultivated elsewhere for its drought resistance, clusters of sweetly scented, golden yellow, tufted flower heads in winter and attractiveness to butterflies, the Painted Lady butterfly ("Vanessa cardui") in particular.cite web
url = http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=3121
title = "Senecio barbertonicus" - Succulent Bush Senecio
accessdate = 2008-02-27
format = HTML
work = San Marcos Growers Web Site]

Description

A succulent bush growing over convert|6|ft|m|sigfig=1 tall and wide with a fleshy trunk, light green, cylindrical, finger-like leaves convert|2|in|cm|sigfig=1 to convert|4|in|cm|sigfig=1 in lengthand convert|.2|in|cm to convert|.4|in|cm in diameter, densely packed around the stem and curved at the base to lie parallel to the stem and pointing upwards.cite web
url = http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/speciesinfo.asp?spid=3331
title = "Senecio barbertonicus" Klatt
accessdate = 2008-02-27
format = HTML
work = Swaziland's Flora Database
publisher = South African National Botanical Institute (PRECIS database) and the Swaziland National Herbarium ]

The fragrant yellow flowers, convert|.4|in|cm wide and convert|3|in|cm long, bloom July through September, are terminal and produce seeds with a dense tuft of bristles.

"S. barbertonicus" is hardy to at least convert|25|°F|°C.

Distribution

"S. barbertonicus" prefers the preferring rocky grassland, bushveld in the area of Southern Africa from East to Zimbabwe, including South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique ataltitudes between convert|110|ft|m and convert|550|ft|m.cite web
url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=98011
title = "Senecio barbertonicus" Klatt
accessdate = 2008-02-27
format = HTML
work = African Flowering Plants Database
publisher = Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria]

Found specifically growing in protected areas scattered in eastern, central, and southwestern Swazilandcite web
url = http://www.sabonet.org.za/downloads/35_swaziland_tree_atlas/b.swazi.aster-celastra.pdf
title = SABONET Tree Atlas Report No. 38
accessdate = 2008-02-27
author = The Southern African Botanical Diversity Network
format = PDF
work = Swaziland Tree Atlas] in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North-West.

References

Further reading

*"Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal" - Elsa Pooley (Natal Flora Trust, Durban 1998) ISBN 0 620 21500 3
*cite web
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1107857
title = The Succulent Senecios of South Africa
accessdate = 2008-02-27
date = 2003-07-13
format = HTML
work = The Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything.