- = Senecio neglectus A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 258 (1832)
Prostrate to ascending, or erect, annual or short-lived perennial herb. Lvs glabrous or sparsely hairy, cuneately narrowed at base and often appearing petiolate, narrow-ovate, elliptic, oblong, or lanceolate, not lobed and entire, irregularly pinnately toothed, or lobed with many lvs usually pinnatifid with narrow to broad, entire or few-toothed, usually distant segments, 15–65–(110) × (3)–5–15–(60) mm; primary segments, lobes, or teeth (0)–3–6–(7) on each side. Uppermost lvs smaller, less divided, often amplexicaul. Supplementary bracts 6–16, 1–3 mm long. Involucral bracts (8)–10–13–(15), 4–6.5 mm long, usually glabrous, sometimes with a few scattered hairs. Ray florets 7–13 (extremely rarely 0); ligules yellow, (1)–2–7–(9) mm long. Disc yellow, 3–6 mm diam. Achenes usually densely hairy only between ribs, very rarely glabrous or ± evenly hairy, slightly narrowed to apex, 2.2–3 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Jan.–Dec.