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Groundsel

Senecio hastatus

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 South Africa.January 1, February 0, March 2, April 25, May 9, June 13, July 10, August 20, September 46, October 30, November 6, December 1.
South Africa163
Western Cape162
Eastern Cape1

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

Remember the name next time.

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