Senecio tamoides
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Senecio tamoides or also known as Canary creeper (a name it shares with Senecio deltoideus Less.) is a climbing member of the genus Senecio
of the family Asteraceae
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mostly evergreen
perennial,
creeping along the ground or climbing several meters into the trees.
Stems and leaves:
Stems are slender and hairless, up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall.
Leaves are bright green, shaped like many ivy with broad, oval and fleshy surfaces, 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long and 7 centimetres (2.8 in) wide, coarsely toothed edges, leaf stalks 2 centimetre (0.78740157480315 in) to 5 centimetres (2 in) long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence is a many-headed, bright yellow, and the flowering spike grows to have a flat top. The flower heads are cylindrical, about 3 millimetre (0.118110236220472 in) in diameter; surrounded with a whorl of five to seven bracts, 6 millimetre (0.236220472440945 in) to 7 millimetre (0.275590551181102 in) long which are surrounded by two to four smaller bracts or bracteoles. Three to six ray florets; each ligule approximately 1 centimetre (0.393700787401575 in) long; ten to twelve disc florets, 12 millimetre (0.47244094488189 in) to 15 millimetre (0.590551181102362 in) long.
When cultivated in the gardens of the National Museums of Kenya, it has orange florets.
Fruits and reproduction:
Achenes about 2 millimetre (0.078740157480315 in) long, and not hairy; pappus
6 millimetre (0.236220472440945 in) to 7 millimetre (0.275590551181102 in) long.
It grows easily from stem cuttings.
Senecio
Senecio is a genus of the daisy family that includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters...
of the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
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Description
Scramblingmostly evergreen
perennial,
creeping along the ground or climbing several meters into the trees.
Stems and leaves:
Stems are slender and hairless, up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall.
Leaves are bright green, shaped like many ivy with broad, oval and fleshy surfaces, 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long and 7 centimetres (2.8 in) wide, coarsely toothed edges, leaf stalks 2 centimetre (0.78740157480315 in) to 5 centimetres (2 in) long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence is a many-headed, bright yellow, and the flowering spike grows to have a flat top. The flower heads are cylindrical, about 3 millimetre (0.118110236220472 in) in diameter; surrounded with a whorl of five to seven bracts, 6 millimetre (0.236220472440945 in) to 7 millimetre (0.275590551181102 in) long which are surrounded by two to four smaller bracts or bracteoles. Three to six ray florets; each ligule approximately 1 centimetre (0.393700787401575 in) long; ten to twelve disc florets, 12 millimetre (0.47244094488189 in) to 15 millimetre (0.590551181102362 in) long.
When cultivated in the gardens of the National Museums of Kenya, it has orange florets.
Fruits and reproduction:
Achenes about 2 millimetre (0.078740157480315 in) long, and not hairy; pappus
Pappus (flower structure)
The pappus is the modified calyx, the part of an individual disk, ray or ligule floret surrounding the base of the corolla, in flower heads of the plant family Asteraceae. The pappus may be composed of bristles , awns, scales, or may be absent. In some species, the pappus is too small to see...
6 millimetre (0.236220472440945 in) to 7 millimetre (0.275590551181102 in) long.
It grows easily from stem cuttings.