Senecio inaequidens

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Groundsel

Asteraceae Edible: Leaves, Caution Potential hazards — see below 24,082 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

Senecio inaequidens, known as narrow-leaved ragwort and South African ragwort, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae.

Description

A herb. It grows 1 m high. The leaves are very narrow and 4 mm wide. The flowers are in a loose group.

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Edible Uses

The leaves are cooked as a spinach.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are cooked as a spinach. Caution: The leaves contain alkaloids.

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Known Hazards

The leaves contain alkaloids.

Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in lowland and mountain regions. It grows between 1,000-2,850 m above sea level. It grows in areas with an annual rainfall between 50-250 mm. It can grow in arid places.

Where It Grows

Africa, Andorra, East Africa, Eswatini, Europe, Germany, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,

Also Known As

Kreuzkraut, Ragwort

References (6)

Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 124
Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1999). Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (SEPASAL) database. Published on the Internet; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb/sepasal/internet [Accessed 14th April 2011]
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 37
Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179

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