Distribution Map

Senecio rhyncholaenus

                   
       
imfenyane

Asteraceae Asteroideae Senecioneae Senecioninae

As at April 2024, 10 herbarium specimens, 6 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Restricted distribution
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Senecio rhyncholaenus - Herbaceous, up to c 30 cm high, hairless, thinly glandular and aromatic. Lower leaves with stalk up to 3 cm long; blade up to c 8 cm long, deeply divided into pairs of opposite lobes which themselves have few blunt or pointed teeth. Inflorescence somewhat flat-topped; flower-heads about 5 mm diam; involucral bracts narrow, pointed, c 7 mm long. Ray-florets absent. Corollas dull mauve, sometimes white.

* 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.