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Rough Fireweed

Senecio hispidulus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 41, February 25, March 33, April 49, May 44, June 28, July 19, August 38, September 126, October 146, November 112, December 53.
Australia714
New Zealand641
Victoria468
Canterbury Region280
New South Wales161
Wellington Region109
Auckland Region77
Tasman Region59
South Australia57
Northland Region36

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusgroundsels · Senecio

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