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Shoddy Ragwort

Senecio pterophorus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 104, February 118, March 126, April 485, May 375, June 152, July 108, August 154, September 223, October 297, November 486, December 194.
South Africa2,822
Western Cape2,556
Australia728
Spain654
Cataluña/Catalunya654
South Australia560
Eastern Cape246
Argentina238
Buenos Aires112
Victoria98

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

Sources

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