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Synonyms:
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Senecio confusus Britten
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| Common names:
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Mexican flame vine (English)
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| Description:
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Herbaceous climber. Leaves petiolate; lamina 5-8 × 2.5-5 cm, lanceolate, slightly fleshy; base truncate or weakly cordate; margins dentate. Capitula 2-6 in terminal corymbiform cymes; peduncle 2-5 cm long. Disc florets yellow. Rays 2-2.5 cm long, elliptical, orange; apex notched. Achenes c. 4 mm long, turbinate. Pappus of numerous white bristles, 5-7 mm long. |
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| Derivation of specific name:
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chenopodioides: from Greek chen meaning goose, podion a little foot and -oides, resembling, hence ‘resembling goosefoot’ referring to the plant's leaf shape. |
| Flowering time: | Nov |
| Worldwide distribution:
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Mexico, Central and South America. |
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| Spot characters:
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