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Australian Fireweed

Senecio bipinnatisectus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 87, February 50, March 31, April 56, May 37, June 21, July 19, August 26, September 35, October 68, November 53, December 61.
New Zealand544
Auckland Region108
Waikato Region82
Northland Region78
Wellington Region49
Manawatu-Wanganui Region41
Australia40
Bay of Plenty Region40
Tasman Region36
Taranaki Region30

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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Sources

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Practise Australian Fireweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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