Senecio mattirolii

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
subfamilia = Asteroideae
tribus = Senecioneae
genus = "Senecio"
species = "S. mattirolii"
binomial = "Senecio mattirolii"
binomial_authority = Chiov.cite web
url = http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=98741
title = "Senecio mattirolii" Chiov. record n° 98741
accessdate = 2008-05-08
format = PDF
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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"Senecio mattirolii" is a perennial herb of the family "Asteraceae" endemic to altitudes between 3600–4500 meters (12,000 - 15,000 feet)cite web
url = http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555%2FAL.AP.FLORA.FTEA006453
title = Entry for "Senecio mattirolii" Chiov. [family COMPOSITAE]
accessdate = 2008-05-11
author = Aluka
authorlink = Aluka
format = HTML
work = African Plants
doi = 10.5555%2FAL.AP.FLORA.FTEA006453
publisher = Ithaka Harbors, Inc] on the slopes of the mountains of the Ruwenzori Mountains in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an atypical species of the genus "Senecio" due to the fact that it has purple flowers.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 = HTML
publisher = Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich]

Standing straight and tall and common in the open, stony slopes on the mountains it lives on, "Senecio mattirolii" achieves heights of 10 to 50 centimeters (4 to 20 inches).

;Stems and leaves: A well-developed, above ground, reddish colored stem. The leaves are lobed and have a 'crisped' appearance by being irregularly curled or twisted. Leaves closer to the base are often redish and attached directly to the stem with stalks from 2 to 5 centimeters (1 to 2 inches) long. Leaves have an oblong shape sometimes spatulate tipped, 5 to 13 centimeters (2 to 5 inches) long and 1 - 2 centimeters wide. Farther up the stem, the leaves are smaller 2 to 5 centimeters (1 to 2 inches) long and 3 to 10 millimeters wide.

;Flowers: Flower heads have a flat circular shape and are held straight up by the plant. They appear in clusters of 2 to 6 which grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height with the outer flowers opening first. The phyllaries are purplish. There are no ray florets and the disc florets are purple or mauve colored.

;Fruits: Achenes 3 to 4 millimetes long, ribbed and not hairy. Pappus 6 to 7 millimeters long.

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