Senecio haworthii

Senecio haworthii
Woolly senecio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Senecio
Species: S. haworthii
Binomial name
Senecio haworthii
(Sweet) Sch.Bip.
Synonyms

Cacalia haworthii Sweet
Kleinia haworthii (Sweet) DC.
Source: AFPD,[1] IPNI[2]

Senecio haworthii also known as Woolly senecio is a perennial dwarf shrub of the Senecio genus that grows in South Africa usually between the altitudes of 900 to 1200 meters.[1] First description by Adrian Hardy Haworth, in Miscellanea naturalia, 1803, p. 189, with the name of Cacalia tomentosa. Haworth specify he received the plant, introduced eight years before, from the Stockwell Botanical Garden of his friend Benjamin Robertson.

Culture

Like in nature, Senecio haworthii needs well-drained sandy loams, rare water and full sun.

References

  1. ^ a b "Senecio haworthii (Sweet) Sch.Bip. record n° 98154" (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=. Retrieved 2008-05-24. 
  2. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=245453-1. Retrieved 2008-05-24. 

External links

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