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| Senecio tamoides DC. (1838)12 |
Senecio tamoides or also known as Canary creeper (a name it shares with Senecio deltoideus Less.3) is a climbing member of the genus Senecio of the family Asteraceae.4
Description
Scrambling5 mostly evergreen6 perennial, 5 creeping along the ground or climbing several meters into the trees.4
Stems and leaves: Slender and hairless stems, up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall.5
Bright green leaves shaped like many ivy6 with broad, oval, and fleshy leaf surfaces 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long and 7 centimetres (2.8 in) wide, coarsely toothed edges, leaf stalks 2 centimetres (0.79 in) to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long.5
Flowers: Inflorescence is a many-headed,5 bright yellow,6 and the flowering spike grows to have a flat top. The flower heads are cylindrical, about 3 millimetres (0.12 in) in diameter; surrounded with a whorl of five to seven bracts, 6 millimetres (0.24 in) to 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long which are surrounded by two to four smaller bracts or bracteoles. Three to six ray florets; each ligule approximately 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long; ten to twelve disc florets, 12 millimetres (0.47 in) to 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long.5
When cultivated in the gardens of the National Museums of Kenya, it has orange florets.7
Fruits and reproduction: Achenes about 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long, and not hairy; pappus 6 millimetres (0.24 in) to 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long. 5 It grows easily from stem cuttings.6
Distribution
Along evergreen forest margins at altitudes of 300 metres (980 ft) to 1,900 metres (6,200 ft)4 and in moist gullies.5
References
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1985-11-07). "Taxon: Senecio tamoides DC." (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- ^ Landcare Research. "Senecio angulatus L.f. Suppl. 369 (1781)" (HTML). Flora of New Zealand: Taxa. Landcare Research Allan Herbarium and New Zealand Plant Names Database. Retrieved on 2008-04-01.
- ^ Hyde, Mark; Bart Wursten. "Senecio deltoideus Less." (HTML). Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- ^ a b c Hyde, Mark; Bart Wursten. "Senecio tamoides DC." (HTML). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h National Herbarium of New South Wales. "PlantNET Senecio tamoides DC." (HTML). New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- ^ a b c d Pienaar, Kristo (2003). "Climbers", Gardening with Indigenous Plants: Easy to Grow Southern African Plants (HTML), Struik, 96 pages. ISBN 1868723925. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
- ^ Aluka. "Entry for SENECIO tamoides DC. [family COMPOSITAE" (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
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