Senecio purpureus L.

purpureus: purple

Sticky glandular, erect perennial herb growing from a woody base. Stems numerous, 60–240 cm high, pale green, glandular-hairy. Basal leaves sessile, oblong-elliptic or lyrate, 35–73 cm long, tapering into a pseudo petiole: margins pinnately lobed; upper leaves sessile, lanceolate to broadly elliptic in outline, 5.5–17 cm, auriculate at the base; margin with more or less lobe-like teeth; all leaves with short glandular and more or less densely covered with felt-like hairs, especially beneath. Capitula numerous in terminal and upper axillary corymbose heads; stalks of the individual capitula densely glandular. Involucres 7–9 mm long, 3–3.5 mm in diameter; phyllaries 10–13, green with purplish tips or all purple, 7–8.5 mm long, shortly glandular-hairy. Disc florets purple or mauve, rarely blue or white, corolla 5–7.2 mm long, hairless; ray florets absent; . Achenes 3.5–5 mm long when young, hairless; pappus 5–7 mm long.

Local

Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Senecio purpureus adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Asteraceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Asterales. Spesies Senecio purpureus sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Senecio. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh L..

Senecio purpureus là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cúc. Loài này được L. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1759.