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Senecio inaequidens (narrow-leaved ragwort)

Synonyms: Senecio vimineus

Wikipedia Abstract

Senecio inaequidens, known as narrow-leaved ragwort and South African ragwort, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae.
View Wikipedia Record: Senecio inaequidens

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Senecio inaequidens

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub
Light Preference [4]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [4]  Mostly Dry

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Karoo National Park II 190300 Western Cape, South Africa
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa

Predators

Gerbillurus paeba (hairy-footed gerbil)[5]
Longitarsus ganglbaueri[6]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
4Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
5Gerbillurus paeba, Michael R. Perrin, Edith R. Dempster, and Colleen T. Downs, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 606, pp. 1-6 (1999)
6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0