Senecio crassiflorus, in , one of the native South American Senecio and an herbaceous dune dwelling perennial.
Description
Senecio crassiflorus is not an upright herb, the silvery to white woolly to tall plant tends to "lay down and rest" on the dunes and sandy coastal areas it inhabits.
Leaves: Shaped like spatula with roundish, long, narrow, linear bases to having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. Mostly to long, to wide. The edges are smooth or toothed towards apex and both surfaces woolly.
Flowers: Broadly bell shaped, woolly flower heads appear singly or a few together, to in diameter.
Seeds and reproduction: Achenes to ; pappus long.
Reports claim S. crassiflorus does not produce viable seeds and spreads itself asexually or via vegetative reproduction.
Community species
*Ipomoea pes-caprae
*Hydrocotyle bonariensis
*Juncus acutus
*Panicum sabularum
*Spartina cf. ciliata
*Hydrocotyle umbellata
Colombian communities
In a remote sensing project for rapid ecological evaluation, S. crassiflorus was found in Colombia inhabiting two areas that were evaluated.
A flood prone coastal region:
A sandy area near to a forest:
Distribution
Native
Neotropic:
:Brazil: Brazil
:Southern South America: Argentina, Uruguay
Current
Neotropic:
:Brazil: Brazil
:Southern South America: Argentina, Uruguay
Australasia:
:Australia: New South Wales
:New Zealand North: Wellington
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