Scientific Name: Senecio linearifolius var. linearifolius

Common Name: common fireweed groundsel

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Perennial undershrub, stems erect, simple or sparingly branched.

Height (m): 0.3 – 1.5

Flowers: Large fat clusters of golden flower heads at the ends of stems.

Fruit: Achene – cylindrical, scarcely 2mm long, pappus bristles soft.

Municipality
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Plant Communities
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Habitat Notes

Along roads and on hillsides especially in moderate rainfall areas where it springs up quickly after fires.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Achenes become fluffy and come away from seed heads very easily when mature.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Storage Life

Short

Seed Treatment Notes

Surface sow or lightly cover. Seedlings may be prone to damping off. Capillary watering is recommended.

Germination Time

2-5 weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Can be grown from cuttings.