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Senecio diaschides D.G.Drury
Family Asteraceae
Senecio diaschides D.G.Drury APNI*

Synonyms: Senecio cahillii Belcher APNI*
Senecio sp. A sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*

Description: Erect perennial herbs, mostly 50–100 cm high, glabrescent, with few major branches below inflorescence.

Lowest leaves oblanceolate, 10–12 cm long and 15–25 mm wide, margins coarsely toothed, withering early; middle leaves narrow-oblanceolate to linear, 5–10 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, margins irregularly toothed or entire, glabrescent; sessile, auricles absent or simple or toothed.

Inflorescences corymbose; heads cylindrical, 2–3 mm diam., ± glabrous; involucral bracts 8 or 9 or rarely to 11, 4.5–5 mm long; bracteoles 4–8. Florets 8–20, c. 2 mm longer than involucre; outer florets filiform; inner florets tubular.

Achenes c. 2.5 mm long, reddish brown; pappus 3–5 mm long.


Habit
Photo J. R. Hosking

Fruit
Photo J. R. Hosking

Herbarium
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Herbarium
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Flowering: mainly summer–autumn.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in moist sites in sclerophyll forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A.
AVH map***

Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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