Plants of
South Australia
Senecio picridioides
Asteraceae
Scabrid Groundsel,
Purple-leaf Groundsel
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 4

Prior names

Senecio minimus var. picridioides

Erechtites prenanthoides var. picridioides

Erechtites picridioides

Common names

Scabrid Groundsel

Purple-leaf Groundsel

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
 
MSB

1,900 (0.77 g)
3-Jan-2007RJB70979B
Murray
BGA15,000 (2.91 g)5030-Oct-2007RJB75360
South Eastern
19-Sep-2008100%-18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.