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| Senecio mattirolii Chiov.1 |
Senecio mattirolii is a perennial herb of the family Asteraceae endemic to altitudes between 3600–4500 meters (12,000 - 15,000 feet)2 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.3
Standing straight and tall 2 and common in the open, stony slopes on the mountains it lives on,3 Senecio mattirolii achieves heights of 102 to 50 centimeters3 (4 to 20 inches).
- Stems and leaves
- A well-developed, above ground, reddish colored stem.2 The leaves are lobed3 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.2
- 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.
References
- ^ "Senecio mattirolii Chiov. record n° 98741" (PDF). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
- ^ a b c d e f Aluka. "Entry for Senecio mattirolii Chiov. [family COMPOSITAE" (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. doi:10.5555%2FAL.AP.FLORA.FTEA006453. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- ^ a b c d H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke (2 March 2006). "Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones" (HTML). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
External links
- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1913 Webster's Dictionary.
