Senecio selloi (Spreng.) DC, 1837

Echeverría, María L., Alonso, Sara I. & Comparatore, Viviana M., 2017, Survey of the vascular plants of Sierra Chica, the untouched area of the Paititi Natural Reserve (southeastern Tandilia mountain range, Buenos Aires province, Argentina), Check List 13 (6), pp. 1003-1036 : 1029

Senecio selloi (Spreng.) DC

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Senecio selloi (Spreng.) De Candolle (1837) : 419 — Cabrera (1963):

292; Hurrell (2013): 231; Zuloaga et al. (2014b): 192; Tropicos

(2017).

Senecio doroniciflorus De Candolle (1837) : 385.

Cineraria selloi Sprengel (1826) : 549.

Chamaephytes; native with wide distribution in the Southern Cone Region of South America. Least Concern ( Delucchi 2006).

Characteristics. Suffrutescent, to 1 m tall, with nu- merous leaves in the base of the plant. Leaves oblanceolate-spatulate, with obtuse apex and serrated margins, densely covered with white glandular hairs. Superior plant leaves sessile, with auriculate base. Inferior leaves with an auriculated pseudo-stalk and attenuate base. Inflorescence: bell-shaped radiate capitulums with yellow ray outer florets and yellow tubular disc florets disposed in loose corymbs. Fruits: cylindrical achenes with glabrous surface and white pappus.