| Synonyms: |
Senecio quinquelobus sensu auct. non (Thunb.) DC. |
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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Climbing herb with subsucculent leaves and stems. Stems glabrous. Leaves 4-6 × 3-6 cm, ovate-triangular to subcircular in outline, shallowly or deeply lobed, the sinuses minutely dentate; base cordate to cuneate. Petiole 1-3 cm. Capitula solitary on side-branches; yellow or orange-yellow. Calyculus leaf-like, broadly elliptic, each bract c.7 × 4 mm. Capitula 14-18 mm. Phyllaries 10-16, 10 mm. Rays 0. |
| Type location: |
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | Kloof forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 80 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa and Madagascer. |
| FZ divisions: | M |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Hind, D.J.N., Beentje, H.J. & Loeuille, B.F.P. (2026). Compositae - Senecioneae Flora Zambesiaca 6(4) Pages 36 - 37. 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. |