Senecio crassiflorus
Senecio crassiflorus, in, one of the native South American Senecio and an herbaceous dune dwelling perennial.
Description
Senecio crassiflorus is not an upright herb, the silvery to white woolly to tall plant tends to "lay down and rest" on the dunes and sandy coastal areas it inhabits.;Leaves: Shaped like spatula with roundish, long, narrow, linear bases to having a broad rounded apex and a tapering base. Mostly to long, to wide. The edges are smooth or toothed towards apex and both surfaces woolly.
;Flowers: Broadly bell shaped, woolly flower heads appear singly or a few together, to in diameter.
;Seeds and reproduction: Achenes to ; pappus long.
Community species
Colombian communities
In a remote sensing project for rapid ecological evaluation, S. crassiflorus was found in Colombia inhabiting two areas that were evaluated.A flood prone coastal region: Acanthospermum australeAcicarpha tribuloidesAmbrosia tenuifoliaAndrotrichium trigynumAzolla sp.Bacopa monnieriBaccharis articulataCardionema ramosissimaCentella asiaticaCephalanthus glabratusChenopodium retusumCuphea carthagenensisCynodon dactylonCyperus haspanCyperus virensEnydra sessilisErechtites hieracifoliaEryngium pandanifoliumHedyotis salzmaniiIschaemum minusJuncus microcephalusNymphoides indicaPanicum racemosumPaspalum nicoraePetunia litoralisPluchea sagitalisPolygonum punctatumPterocaulon sp.Ranunculus apiifoliusSesbania puniceaSolanum platenseThelipteris interruptaXyris jupicai Zizaniopsis bonariensis
A sandy area near to a forest: Acanthospermun australeBaccharis arenariaCynodon dactylonFragmites communisHydrocotyle bonariensisMikania micranthaMyrcianthes cisplatensisOenothera sp.Passiflora caeruleaPolygonum sp.Salyx hunboldtianaSapium glandulosumSchoenoplectus californicusSebastiania schottianaSesbania puniceaTheliptheris interrupta
Distribution
;Native;Current