Species

Senecio elegans

Etymology

Senecio: From the Latin senex 'old man' (probably referring to the bearded seeds)
elegans: elegant

Common Name(s)

purple groundsel

Authority

Senecio elegans L.

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SENELE

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Flower Colours

Violet / Purple

Year Naturalised

1935

Origin

South Africa

This page last updated on 31 Jul 2014