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dense infestation (Photo: Steve Adkins)
habit (Photo: Steve Adkins)
habit (Photo: Steve Adkins)
stems and leaves (Photo: Trevor James)
close-up of deeply-divided leaf (Photo: Trevor James)
leaves and cluster of flower-heads (Photo: Greg Jordan)
close-up of flower-heads (Photo: Steve Adkins)
close-up of underside of flower-head showing the floral bracts (Photo: Greg Jordan)
Scientific Name
Senecio elegans L.
Synonyms
Senecio pseudo-elegans Less.
Family
Asteraceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)Compositae (South Australia)
Common Names
purple groundsel, purple ragwort, red purple ragwort, redpurple ragwort, wild cineraria
Origin
Native to southern Africa (i.e. Cape Province in South Africa).
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in the coastal districts of southern Australia (i.e. southern and central New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and south-western Western Australia). Also naturalised on Lord Howe Island.
Naturalised overseas in New Zealand, south-western USA (i.e. California) and the Azores.
Notes
Purple groundsel (Senecio elegans) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. This garden escape is primarily a weed of coastal environs, particularly sand dunes, in the temperate regions of Australia where it is spreading rapidly and displacing the indigenous vegetation.
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