Senecio pterophorus
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Description
A Mediterranean herb in the Asteraceae family that tolerates arid conditions and grows from sea level to 1,000 m elevation in Argentina.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Caution: The leaves probably contain alkaloids.
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Known Hazards
The leaves probably contain alkaloids.
Distribution
It is a Mediterranean plant. It can grow in arid places. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Africa, Argentina, East Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Paraguay, South Africa, Southern Africa, South America*, Swaziland, Uruguay,
Synonyms
References (4)
- 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
