Senecio erubescens Aiton
var. erubescens

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (6)

Photo: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Photo: Bart Wursten
Inside Great Enclosure, Great Zimbabwe

Photo: Bart Wursten
Besna Kobila farm, Matobo

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:
Common names:	Chirevereve (Shona) Chiribwiribwi (Shona) Marenge (Shona) Ragwort (English)
Frequency:	Frequent
Status:	Native
Description:	Erect unbranched herb, with annual stems growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves and stem covered in sticky glandular hairs. Capitula 1-few on long stalks. The capitula are unusual for the genus in that they consist only of disc florets and are purple in colour, resembling Crassocephalum or small Vernonia spp.
Notes:	The leaves are cooked as spinach.
Derivation of specific name:	erubescens: reddening, rose
Habitat:	In seasonally wet grassland and marshes
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Sep - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Sunday 2 October 2016
Literature:	Beentje, H.J. & Ghazanfar, S.A. (eds.) (2005). Compositae (Part 3) Flora of Tropical East Africa Page 667. Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 105. Jeffrey, C. (1986). The Senecioneae in East Tropical Africa: Notes on Compositae: IV Kew Bulletin 41(4) Pages 903 - 904. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 28. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 89.

Other sources of information about Senecio erubescens var. erubescens:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Senecio erubescens var. erubescens
Flora of Malawi: Senecio erubescens var. erubescens
Flora of Zambia: Senecio erubescens var. erubescens

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Senecio erubescens
African Plant Database: Senecio erubescens
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Senecio erubescens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Senecio erubescens
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Senecio erubescens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Senecio erubescens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Senecio erubescens
JSTOR Plant Science: Senecio erubescens
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Senecio erubescens
Plants of the World Online: Senecio erubescens
Tropicos: Senecio erubescens
Wikipedia: Senecio erubescens