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Scented Groundsel

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Scientific Name:Senecio odoratus
Scented Groundsel shrub
Scented Groundsel shrub
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

Plant Description:

Shrub to 1.7 m high. Leaves elliptic to oblong, up to 14 cm long and undivided with a generally hairless upper surface and a cobwebby or coarsely hairy under surface. Leaf margins are slightly toothed.

Flowers in clusters of 20-80. Yellow flowers, all tubular (i.e. no ray or disk florets) with ‘petals’ 4-6 mm long. Fruit a narrow achene 1.6-2.8 mm long and brown.

Habitat:
Rocky slopes, cliff-tops and sand dunes in shrub land forest and woodland along the coast.

Scented Groundsel Photos

Flowers of Scented Groundsel
Flowers of Scented Groundsel
Photo: A J Brown
Scented Groundsel flower cluster
Scented Groundsel flower cluster
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves of Scented Groundsel
Leaves of Scented Groundsel
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves of Scented Groundsel
Leaves of Scented Groundsel
Photo: A J Brown

Scented Groundsel fruit with attached pappus hairs
Scented Groundsel fruit with attached pappus hairs
Photo: A J Brown

Spent flowers of Scented Groundsel
Spent flowers of Scented Groundsel
Photo: A J Brown

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