- ≡ Senecio turneri Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 43: 176 (1910 [1911]) – as Senecio Turneri
Glab. herb up to 2 m. tall, with woody decumbent stems up to c. 2 cm. diam., branches ascending. Lvs on terete petioles up to 30 cm. or more long, winged and broadly auriculate at base; lamina 10–20 × 7·5–15·5 cm., membr., suborbicular, cordate and deeply lobed at base, acute at apex, margins sinuate, finely spinulose-serrate; upper lvs smaller, with large auricles, merging into narrow entire bracts of corymb. Capitula ∞ in large corymbs, 2–3·5 cm. diam.; phyll. linear-oblong, acute, pubescent to glab. Ray-florets 10–15; ligules bright yellow, narrow, spreading; disk-florets up to 35. Achenes narrow-oblong, ± pubescent. Pappus soft, cop., white.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Senecio turneri Cheeseman]