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Senecio brasiliensis

Species of flowering plant in the daisy family

Species of flowering plant in the daisy family

Senecio amabilis Vell.

Senecio cannabinifolius Hook.& Arn.

Senecio megapotamicus H. Buek

Senecio tripartitus DC.{{Cite web |access-date = 5 March 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071213194657/http://www.darwin.edu.ar/Publicaciones/CatalogoVascII/CatalogoVascII.asp |archive-date = 13 December 2007

Senecio brasiliensis, known by the common name flor-das-almas (flower-of-souls), is a perennial species of the family Asteraceae. It is native to fields and meadows of central South America.

Description

S. brasiliensis is a densely leafy perennial herb, 1 m to 2 m tall, with yellow flowers that prefers to make its home in degraded pasture lands and unploughed croplands in central South America.{{Cite journal | access-date = 5 March 2008

Leaves and stems: S. brasiliensis stands very upright with a branched hairless and grooved stem. The leaves are alternate, pinnate and deeply lobed dark green on the top, whitish green on the underside.{{Cite web | access-date = 6 March 2008 The lower part of the plant is smooth, while the upper part is hairy and the leaves cluster at the highest point with the flower stalks (corymbs).

Flowers: Yellow flowers dense on corymbs; two types of flowers (that look like [petal]s), disc florets with both male and female flowers and ray flowers which are simply female.

Seeds: Small seed with white hairs that use the wind to get around with.

Common names

  • {{Cite web | access-date = 6 March 2008
  • Guarani: Agosto poty (August flower) Image:Senecio brasiliensis.png

Distribution

S. brasiliensis grows at elevations of 0 to 1000 m.

Native: Argentina (mostly North Argentine Northwest and Gran Chaco), Bolivia, Brazil (mostly South Central), Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Current: :America ::North America: Alabama, Florida ::South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay :Europe ::South-West Europe: Portugal

Predators

  • Phaedon confinis (Chrysomelidae)
  • Atarsocoris brachiariae (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) – Burrowing brown bug{{Cite journal | doi-access =free

References

References

  1. {{GRIN
  2. (March 2001). "''Senecio'' spp.". [[Universidade Federal de Santa Maria]].
  3. (2021). "''Senecio brasiliensis'' (Spreng.) Less. (Asteraceae), another potentially invasive alien species in Europe". BioInvasions Records.
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