Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Senecio lageniformis

Common name

None

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Grassy open woodland, low open heath, grasslands, and herbfields, at higher altitudes. Kosciuszko National Park, the mountains to the north, and the ACT.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.4 m high, arising annually from a short rhizome. Stems sparsely hairy to hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, mid-stem leaves 4–10 cm long, 3–15 mm wide, not dissected, hairless or rough; lower surface green, margins toothed. Uppermost leaves very narrow. Flower heads cylindrical to narrow bell-shaped, 6-8 mm long, about 2.0-2.6 mm in diameter, with 25–60 florets, 0 petals. Flower heads surrounded by mostly 12-14 appressed green bracts. Flower heads often 5–40 flowered. Flowers summer to autumn.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

Rare Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Senecio~lageniformis (accessed 6 February, 2021)