Distribution Map

Senecio paludaffinis

Asteraceae Asteroideae Senecioneae Senecioninae

As at April 2024, only one record from Eswatini (herbarium specimen)

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Restricted distribution
Found within protected areas: Malolotja

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Senecio lygodes - Slender, erect, single-stemmed, up to 1 m high; hairless throughout. Leaves elongated, narrow, tapering to both ends, toothless, margins recurved, lowest up to 25 cm long x 1 cm wide. Inflorescence of few long-stalked flower-heads; involucral bracts numerous, narrow, in several rows, inner bracts c 1 cm long; disc c 2 cm diam; ray-florets present; corollas yellow.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.