Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Peter Ollerenshaw, north of Quorn, SA

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Peter Ollerenshaw, north of Quorn, SA

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Denise Grieg, Alice Springs Desert Park, NT

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Kevin Thiele, Italowie Gorge, SA

Common Name

Tall Yellow-top, Showy Groundsel, Camel Weed

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Shrub to 2m tall. Leaves somewhat fleshy, alternating up the stems, somewhat crowded, sometimes with bases sometimes cordate and somewhat stem-clasping, the leaf bases sometimes continuing down the stems, 2-11cm long, 10-30mm wide, flat, hairless, glaucous, margins toothed to entire. Flowers with 4-8 yellow 'petals' and yellow centres. Flower heads behind the 'petals' bell-shaped, borne in clusters of 3-50 per stem at the tops of the stems.

The description above is mostly based on Thompson, I.R., (2004) Taxonomic studies of Australian Senecio (Asteraceae): 3. Radiate arid region species allied to S. magnificus and the radiate, alpine species S. pectinatus. Muelleria 20: 119, Fig 1 (page 114) Fig 2 (page 115 (map)),  Fig 5 (dried specimen page 120)

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 675

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Senecio~magnificus