Senecio inornatus DC.

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Borrowdale Common, Harare

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Greystone Park NR, Harare

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Castleburn Cliffs, Vumba.

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Synonyms:	Senecio lygodes Hiern Senecio stolzii Mattf.
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Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Robust perennial herb, up to 2 m tall. Stems winged below. Basal leaves hairless, up to 50 cm long, sessile but narrowing into a long petiole-like base; midrib thick; margin finely dentate. Leaves along the stem similar but smaller, often running down into the winged stem. Inflorescence of numerous terminal corymbs. Capitula radiate; ray florets 5-8, yellow.
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Habitat:	In moist grassland and along margins of forest, often in black soil vleis, sometimes on roadsides and river banks.
Altitude range: (metres)	975 - 1740 m
Flowering time:	Nov - May
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Burundi, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	C,E,S
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Images last updated:	Monday 29 October 2018
Literature:	Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 633 - 634. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 105. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 34. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Page 894. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 28. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89.

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