Senecio mikanioides, Otto ex Walpers

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 193-194

1. S. mikanioides Otto ex Walpers , Allgem. Gartenz. 13: 41 (1845).

Up to 300(-600) cm. Stems climbing, woody at least below and rather fleshy, much-branched, slender. Leaves 3-10 cm, orbicular- or triangular-reniform, fleshy, with 3-11 triangular, acute lobes or angles; petioles mostly longer than leaves, often with small auricles at the base. Capitula many, 5-7 mm in diameter, in dense axillary and terminal panicles. Involucre 3-4 mm, with 2-4 supplementary bracts as long as the involucre. Ligules absent; florets yellow. 2« = 20. Cultivated for ornament and naturalized in S. & W. Europe. [Az Br Co Ga Hs It Lu.] (South Africa.)

S. angulatus L.fil. , Suppl. 369 (1781), from South Africa, is also cultivated for ornament and is perhaps naturalized in N. Italy and S. Spain; it is a scrambling, glabrous perennial with ovate to lanceolate leaves 3-5 x 2-5-3 cm which are cuneate at the base, angled or weakly lobed and petiolate; the capitula are 12-25 mm in diameter, in compound corymbs or panicles, the involucre is 4-8 mm, with 3-7 supplementary bracts, and there are 4-6 yellow ligules 5-10 mm.