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- ≡ Senecio lautus var. carnosulus Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 341 (1899)
- ≡ Senecio lautus subsp. carnosulus (Kirk) Ornd., Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 88: 68, fig 8 (1960)
- = Senecio lautus var. α Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 373 (1906)
Prostrate to ascending, annual or short-lived perennial herb. Lvs glabrous or with few scattered hairs, apetiolate, narrow-oblong to elliptic or obovate, amplexicaul, usually pinnatifid with 1–3, broad, few-toothed segments on each side, sometimes not lobed but serrate with 1–4–(8) teeth on each side, (20)–25–90 × (5)–15–45 mm. Uppermost lvs smaller, narrower, and often less divided. Supplementary bracts (4)–6–10, 1–4 mm long. Involucral bracts 11–15–(16), glabrous, (5)–5.5–9 mm long. Ray florets c. 7–11; ligules yellow, (1)–2–4 mm long. Disc yellow, 4–8 mm diam. Achenes usually ± evenly clothed in dense hairs, rarely outermost achenes almost glabrous, slightly narrowed to apex, 2.8–3.5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Jan.–Dec.