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SENECIO (La)
Groundsel(Le) Ragwort Hongerblom
Family: ASTERACEAE
senex, = old, aged, advanced in years; an aged person, an old man, old woman; -ius, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connexion or resemblance. (whitish grey, hoary pappus)
(ld, BL, Le)
Senecio halimifolius (La)
Tobacco Bush(Wf) Tabakboom(PS) Tabakbos
Location: (F, K)
halimous, = of or belonging to the sea; halimon, = a plant, the orach (Atriplex halimus); folium, = a leaf. (the leaves resemble those of the species ATRILEX halimus)
(Ox, ld, K3)

The 2515 species, 624 genera and 172 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

  • of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus
  • of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa.

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.