Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Senecio glomeratus Poir., Encycl. (Lamarck) Suppl. 5. 130 (1817)
Vernacular Name(s):
Fireweed; Pukatea
 Description

Erect annual or short-lived perennial herb. Mid cauline lvs sparsely white- lanate on upper surface, usually densely white-lanate on lower, very rarely becoming only sparsely hairy, apetiolate, elliptic to narrow-oblong, pinnately lobed with oblong to obovate, entire or few-toothed segments, amplexicaul and dentate at base, 5–17 × 1.5–4 cm. Uppermost lvs smaller, often lanceolate, usually dentate and not lobed, rarely entire. Supplementary bracts 8–14, 1–2.5 mm long. Involucral bracts 13–(14), usually lanate toward base, (4)–4.5–6 mm long. Ray florets 0. Disc yellow, 2–3 mm diam. Achenes ellipsoid-subcylindric, slightly constricted below apex, usually with 1–3 rows of hairs between ribs, sometimes evenly hairy, 1.2–1.6 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Senecio glomeratus Poir.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Mar.–(Oct.)

 Bibliography
Poiret, J.L.M. 1817: Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique. Vol. Supplement 5.
Thompson, I.R. 2004: Taxonomic studies of Australian Senecio (Asteraceae): 1. The disciform species. Muelleria 19: 101–214.