Senecio crassiflorus

Taxobox

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image_width = 260px
image_caption = "Margarida das dunas"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Senecio"
species = "S. crassiflorus"
binomial = "Senecio crassiflorus"cite web
url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33658
title = Taxon: "Senecio crassiflorus" (Poir.) DC.
accessdate = 2008-04-23
author = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
authorlink = Germplasm Resources Information Network
date = 1985-11-07
format = HTML
work = Taxonomy for Plants
publisher = USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland ]
binomial_authority = (Poir.) DC.
synonyms = "Cineraria crassiflora" Poir. cite web
url = http://www.tropicos.org/Name/02742038
title = "Senecio crassiflorus" (Poir.) DC.
accessdate = 2008-04-23
author = Tropicos
format = HTML
publisher = Missouri Botanical Garden ] "Senecio crassiflorus" (Lam.) DC.cite web
url = http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=47053
title = "Senecio crassiflorus" (Lam.) DC.
accessdate = 2008-04-23
author = Australian National Botanic Gardens
authorlink = Australian National Botanic Gardens
format = HTML
work = Australian Plant Name Index
publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research] "Senecio vestita" Spreng. "Cineraria vestita" Lam. "Senecio andryaloides" DC. Prodr.cite web
url = http://www.botanicus.org/page/140114
title = Botanicus.org: Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum
accessdate = 2008-04-24
author = Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp von; Eichler, August Wilhelm; Endlicher, István László; Fenzl, Eduard; Mary, Benj; Oldenburg, R; Urban, Ignaz.
authorlink = Flora Brasiliensis
date = 1840-1906
format = HTML
publisher = Monachii et Lipsiae [Munich & Leipzig] : R. Oldenbourg ; 1840-1906]

"Senecio crassiflorus", one of the native South American "Senecio" and an herbaceous dune dwelling perennial.cite journal
last =Schardosim
first =Alecsandro
authorlink =
coauthors =Klein Vanilde, Citadini-Zanette, Robson dos Santos
title =Florística e estrutura comunitária de restinga herbácea no município de Araranguá, Santa Catarina
journal =Biotemas
volume =20
issue =3
pages =15-26
date = September 2007
url = http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/pdf/volume203/p15a26.pdf
language = Spanish
id =ISSN 0103 – 1643
accessdate = 2008-04-25 ]

Common name

_es. margarida-das-dunas

Description

"Senecio crassiflorus" is not an upright herb, the silvery to white woolly convert|20|cm|in|lk=on to convert|50|cm|in|lk=on tall plant tends to "lay down and rest" on the dunes and sandy coastal areas it inhabits.

;Leaves: Shaped like spatula with roundish, long, narrow, linear bases to having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. Mostly convert|4|cm|in to convert|8|cm|in long, convert|.6|cm|in to convert|2|cm|in wide. The edges are smooth or toothed towards apex and both surfaces woolly.

;Flowers: Broadly bell shaped, woolly flower heads appear singly or a few together, convert|1|cm|in to convert|1.5|cm|in in diameter.

;Seeds and reproduction: Achenes convert|.3|cm|in to convert|.5|cm|in; pappus convert|1.5|cm|in long.cite web
url = http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Senecio~crassiflorus
title = "Senecio crassiflorus" (Poir.) DC.
accessdate = 2008-04-23
author = National Herbarium of New South Wales
authorlink = National Herbarium of New South Wales
format = HTML
work = New South Wales FloraOnline
publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney]

:Reports claim "S. crassiflorus" does not produce viable seeds and spreads itself asexually or via vegetative reproduction.cite web
url = http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/exotic_plant_life_and_weeds/detail.asp?WeedID=1804
title = Scientific name : "Senecio crassiflorus" (Poir.) DC.
accessdate = 2008-04-25
format = HTML
work = Exotic Plant Life and Weeds
publisher = New Zealand Plant Conservation Network] ;Community species: :*"Ipomoea pes-caprae":*"Hydrocotyle bonariensis":*"Juncus acutus":*"Panicum sabularum":*"Spartina" cf. ciliata:*"Hydrocotyle umbellata"cite journal
url = http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842006000500021&lng=enesja.orgesja.org&nrm=iso&tlng=enesja.orgesja.org
title = Thermal biology of "Liolaemus occipitalis" (Squamata, Tropiduridae) in the coastal sand dunes of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
accessdate = 2008-04-25
last =Bujes
first =C. S.
coauthors =Verrastro, L.
journal =Brazilian Journal of Biology
volume =66
issue =3
publisher =Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
date =August 31, 2006
doi =10.1590/S1519-69842006000500021 ] ;:Colombian communities: In a remote sensing project for rapid ecological evaluation, "S. crassiflorus" was found in Colombia inhabiting two areas that were evaluated.

::A flood prone coastal region: :::"Acanthospermum australe, Acicarpha tribuloides", "Ambrosia tenuifolia", "Androtrichium trigynum", "Azolla" sp., "Bacopa monnieri", "Baccharis articulata", "Cardionema ramosissima", "Centella asiatica", "Cephalanthus glabratus", "Chenopodium retusum", "Cuphea carthagenensis", "Cynodon dactylon", "Cyperus haspan", "Cyperus virens", "Enydra sessilis", "Erechtites hieracifolia", "Eryngium pandanifolium", "Hedyotis salzmanii", "Ischaemum minus", "Juncus microcephalus", "Nymphoides indica", "Panicum racemosum", "Paspalum nicorae", "Petunia litoralis", "Pluchea sagitalis", "Polygonum punctatum", "Pterocaulon" sp., "Ranunculus apiifolius","Sesbania punicea", "Solanum platense", "Thelipteris interrupta", "Xyris jupicai" and "Zizaniopsis bonariensis".

::A sandy area near to a forest: :::"Acanthospermun australe", Baccharis arenaria", Cynodon dactylon", Fragmites communis", Hydrocotyle bonariensis", "Mikania micrantha", Myrcianthes cisplatensis", Oenothera" sp., Passiflora caerulea", Polygonum" sp., Salyx hunboldtiana", Sapium glandulosum", Schoenoplectus californicus", Sebastiania schottiana", "Sesbania punicea", Theliptheris interrupta" and Tillandsia aeranthos".cite web
url = http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/rs-treaties/papers/LM_October2004fieldreport_english.pdf
title = RAPID ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION FOR THE PROJECT ON THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT TREATIES
accessdate = 2008-04-25
last = Berlinc
first = Christian Niel
coauthors = Rosario Beyhaut, Eduardo Marchisi, Nestor Pérez, Gonzalo Picasso, Carlos Prigioni, José Manuel Venzal
date = 17-23 October 2004
format = HTML
work = Remote Sensing Technologies for Ecosystem Management Treaties
publisher = Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and United States Department of State]

Distribution

;Native:Neotropic: ::Brazil: Brazil::Southern South America: Argentina, Uruguay;Current:Neotropic: ::Brazil: Brazil::Southern South America: Argentina, Uruguay:Australasia: ::Australia: New South Wales::New Zealand North: Wellingtoncite web
url = http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjb/1987/44.pdf
title = Checklist of dicotyledons naturalised in New Zealand 18 ...
accessdate = 2008-04-25
format = PDF
publisher = Royal Society of New Zealand ]

References

External links

*cite web
url = http://www.flickr.com/photos/8108294@N05/2265887025/
title = Cultivated "Senecio crassiflorus"
accessdate = 2008-04-25
date = 2003-10-12
format = HTML
publisher = [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8108294@N05/ Tony]
*cite web
url = http://nzflora.landcareresearch.co.nz/default.aspx?NameID=Landcareresearch.co.nz/PS1/NK/225361
title = Ngā Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants
accessdate = 2008-04-25
author = Landcare Research
authorlink = Landcare Research New Zealand Limited
format = HTML
work = New Zealand Plant Names Database
publisher = Landcare Research Allan Herbarium and New Zealand Plant Names Database