Senecio elegans, L.

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66. S. elegans L. , Sp. Pl. 869 (1753).

Subglabrous or sparsely fioccose annual (?sometimes perennial) up to 60 cm. Stems ridged, usually branched only in the inflorescence. Leaves (except sometimes the basal) pinnatipartite, with 2-4 pairs of obtuse, crenate or shallowly lobed segments; lower cauline petiolate, upper sessile, auriculate-amplexicaul. Inflorescence subcorymbose with few capitula on long, sparsely bracteate peduncles. Capitulum 20-25 mm in diameter. Involucre 6-10 mm; supplementary bracts 8-15, 2-4 mm, more or less ovate. Ligules c. 13, 6-8 mm, purple. Achenes c. 2-5 mm, usually hairy. Locally naturalized from gardens in S. W. Europe. [Az?B1?Hs Lu.] (South Africa)