- Senecio transmarinus
Taxobox
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regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
subfamilia =Asteroideae
tribus =Senecioneae
genus = "Senecio "
species = "S. transmarinus"
binomial = "Senecio transmarinus"
binomial_authority = S.Moore
synonyms ="Senecio confertoides" De Wild "Senecio lanuriensis" De Wild.cite web
url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=176139
title = "Senecio transmarinus" S.Moore record n° 176139
accessdate = 2008-05-08
format = HTML
work = African Plants Database
publisher = South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica ]
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range_map_caption ="Senecio transmarinus" is a sometimes straggling member of the flowering plants
Asteraceae and species of the genus "Senecio " aperennial herbcite web
url = http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.FLORA.FTEA006455
title = Entry for "Senecio transmarinus" S.Moore [family COMPOSITAE]
accessdate = 2008-05-07
author = Aluka
authorlink = Aluka
format = HTML
work = African Plants
doi = 10.5555/AL.AP.FLORA.FTEA006455
publisher = Ithaka Harbors, Inc] that grows on the higher elevations of theRuwenzori Mountains inUganda .cite web
url = http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/datenbanken/rwenzori/Rwenzori_desktop.pdf
title = Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones
accessdate = 2008-05-06
author = H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke
authorlink = University of Zurich
date = 2 March 2006
format = PDF
publisher = Institute for Systematic Botany,University of Zurich ]inflorescences with several flowerheads with strikinlarge yellow ray florets.
Description
Sometimes straggling and sometimes straight and found in the heathbelt and "alpine zone" between 3,000 and 4,200 meters (9,800 to 14,000 feet), "Senecio transmarinus" plants are much larger at lower altitudes than at the higher altitudes.
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Stem s and leaves: Stems 30 to 240 centimeters (12 to 94 inches) tall and are mostly without hairs. Leaves at the base are 3 to 8 centimeters (1 to 3 inches) long, a measurement which includes the petiole, and 1 to 2 centimeters wide. Leaves are lobed and somewhat waxy or sparsely hairy and sometimespurple on the bottom.;
Flowers : "Inflorescences with several flower heads with striking large yellow ray florets" in clusters of 1 to many, each with 6 to 12 yellow ray florets and 5-veined disc yellow disc florets.;
Fruits :Achene s 4 to 5 millimeters long and hairless; pappus 5 to 8 millimeters long.References
External links
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