Senecio brasiliensis
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| flor-das-almas | |
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S. brasiliensis
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| Senecio brasiliensis |
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Cineraria brasiliensis Spreng.[1] |
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Senecio brasiliensis or by its common name flor-das-almas,[1] (flower-of-souls) a perennial species of Senecio genus and the family Asteraceae grows as a native in the fields and meadows of central South America.
Description
S. brasiliensis is a densely leafy perennial herb, 1 metre (3.3 ft) to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall, with yellow flowers that prefers to make its home in degraded pasture lands and unploughed croplands in central South America.[3][4]
Leaves and stems: S. brasiliensis stands very upright with a branched hairless and grooved stem. The leaves are alternate, pinnate and deeply lobed[4] dark green on the top, whitish green on the underside.[5] The lower part of the plant is smooth, while the upper part is hairy and the leaves cluster at the highest point with the flower stalks (corymbs).[4]
Flowers: Yellow flowers dense on corymbs; two types of flowers (that look like [petal]s), disc florets with both male and female flowers and ray flowers which are simply female.[4]
Seeds: Small seed with white hairs that use the wind to get around with.[4]
Common Names
- English: Flower of souls, hempleaf ragwort
- Portuguese: malmequer-amarelo, Maria-mole, tasneirinha, flor-das-almas[1][4][5][6]
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growing in Rio Grande do Sul
Distribution
S. brasiliensis grows at elevations of 0 metres (0 ft) to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).
Native: Argentina (mostly North Argentine Northwest and Gran Chaco), Bolivia, Brazil (mostly South Central), Paraguay, and Uruguay.[1][2][4][6]
Current:
- America
Predators
- Phaedon confinis (Chrysomelidae)[3]
- Atarsocoris brachiariae (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) -- Burrowing brown bug[7]
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Senecio brasiliensis at Wikispecies
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