Species of flowering plant
Erechtites glomeratus , common name New Zealand fireweed , or cutleaf burnweed ,[ 4] [ 5] or (in Australia) fireweed [ 6] or Cluster-headed fireweed ,[ 7] is a species of plant in the sunflower family . It is native to Australia (all 6 states) and New Zealand , and also naturalized on the Pacific Coast of the United States (Washington , Oregon , and California ).[ 8] [ 9] [ 5]
The name accepted by Australian authorities is Senecio glomeratus, [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 6] [ 7] [ 13] and this is also the name accepted by Plants of the World online .[ 14] The name Erechtites glomeratus is considered by APNI to be illegal.[ 15]
It was first described in 1817 by René Louiche Desfontaines as Senecio glomeratus, from a specimen cultivated in the Jardin des Plantes .[ 10] [ 16]
Description
Erechtites glomeratus is an annual or perennial herb up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Leaves are lanceolate or linear with many pinnate lobes . One plant can produce as many as 120 yellow or purple flower heads , each with 50 or more disc florets but no ray florets .[ 3]
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References
^ Tropicos, Erechtites glomeratus (Desf. ex Poir.) DC.
^ The Plant List, Erechtites glomeratus (Desf. ex Poir.) DC.
^ a b Flora of North America, Erechtites glomeratus (Desfontaines ex Poiret) de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 297. 1838.
^ Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Scientific and Common Names of 7,000 Vascular Plants in the United States 1–294.
^ a b Calflora taxon report, University of California, Senecio glomeratus Desf. ex Poir., Cutleaf burnweed
^ a b "Fact sheet for Senecio glomeratus" . www.flora.sa.gov.au . Retrieved 2022-09-05 .
^ a b "Senecio glomeratus " . FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions .
^ Atlas of Living Australia, Senecio glomeratus Desf. ex Poir., Cluster-headed Fireweed
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ a b "Senecio glomeratus " . Australian Plant Name Index , IBIS database . Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
^ "Flora of Victoria" . vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au . Retrieved 2022-09-05 .
^ I.R. Thompson (2020). "Senecio glomeratus" . Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra . Retrieved 2022-09-05 .
^ "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Senecio glomeratus " . plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au . Retrieved 2022-09-05 .
^ "Senecio glomeratus Desf. ex Poir. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" . Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 2022-09-05 .
^ "Erechtites glomeratus " . Australian Plant Name Index , IBIS database . Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2022-09-05 .
^ Poiret, J.L.M. (1817). Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de; Poiret, J.L.M. (eds.). Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl . Vol. 5. p. 130.
External links
Erechtites glomeratus Senecio glomeratus