SENECIO TROPAEOLIFOLIUS

This member of the Asteraceae family was given this name by Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller in 1867. It is found in Southern South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 20 or even 30 centimetres in height. The flowers are yellow to orange.

The genera name means ‘old man’ from the Latin senex, and referring to the whitish grey, hairy pappus. The species name means ' Tropaeolum- like leaves '.