- Taxon
- Weed
- ≡ Cineraria petasitis Sims (1813)
- ≡ Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 431 (1838)
Erect, perennial shrub, up to c. 1–(2) m tall. Stems moderately to densely clothed in short hairs, becoming less hairy, branched from base and above. Lvs moderately to densely clothed in short hairs giving a velvety texture to both surfaces, petiolate; petiole ± = lamina, not amplexicaul; lamina ± orbicular, acute to obtuse, truncate to cordate at base, minutely denticulate and shallowly lobed with 4–7, ± flat-sided lobes on each side, 10–20 cm diam.; venation palmate. Uppermost lvs becoming smaller, and sometimes apetiolate and obovate. Capitula in dense terminal panicles. Supplementary bracts 0–4, linear-lanceolate, 1.5–7 mm long. Involucral bracts 7–9, ovate- to elliptic-oblong, pubescent, 7–12 mm long. Ray florets 4–6; ligules yellow, 5–10 mm long. Disc brownish yellow. Mature achenes not seen, glabrous.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.]