Senecio pauciradiatus is an annual herb in the daisy family, Asteraceae. The specific epithet comes from the Latin pauci- (“few”) and radiatus, referring to the flower's relatively few ray florets.[1]

Senecio pauciradiatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. pauciradiatus
Binomial name
Senecio pauciradiatus
Belcher[1]

Description

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The plant grows up to 25 cm in height and is rarely branched below the inflorescence. The leaves are alternate, 5–6 cm long, 1 cm wide. The flowers occur in cymose inflorescences; they have 4–7 yellow outer florets with 6–8 funnel-shaped disc florets. The fruit has short hairs between brown ribs and is 2.5–3 mm long.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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The plant is endemic. to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is very rarely collected and apparently restricted to the island localities of Stevens Point and Middle Beach.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Senecio pauciradiatus". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-01-27.