Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Senecio L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Senecio carnosulus (Kirk) C.J.Webb, New Zealand J. Bot. 26: 481-482 (1988)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Senecio lautus var. carnosulus Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 341 (1899)
  • ≡ Senecio lautus subsp. carnosulus (Kirk) Ornd., Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 88: 68, fig 8 (1960)
  • = Senecio lautus var. α Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 373 (1906)
 Description

Prostrate to ascending, annual or short-lived perennial herb. Lvs glabrous or with few scattered hairs, apetiolate, narrow-oblong to elliptic or obovate, amplexicaul, usually pinnatifid with 1–3, broad, few-toothed segments on each side, sometimes not lobed but serrate with 1–4–(8) teeth on each side, (20)–25–90 × (5)–15–45 mm. Uppermost lvs smaller, narrower, and often less divided. Supplementary bracts (4)–6–10, 1–4 mm long. Involucral bracts 11–15–(16), glabrous, (5)–5.5–9 mm long. Ray florets c. 7–11; ligules yellow, (1)–2–4 mm long. Disc yellow, 4–8 mm diam. Achenes usually ± evenly clothed in dense hairs, rarely outermost achenes almost glabrous, slightly narrowed to apex, 2.8–3.5 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Jan.–Dec.

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Connor, H.E.; Edgar, E. 1987: Name changes in the indigenous New Zealand flora, 1960–1986 and Nomina Nova IV, 1983–1986. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 115–170.
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Declining]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
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Ornduff, R. 1960: An interpretation of the Senecio lautus complex in New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88: 63–77.
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