Senecio retrorsus
DC.
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Description
A Mediterranean herb in the daisy family that grows in arid places. The leaves are cooked and eaten as a spinach substitute.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a spinach.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a spinach.
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Distribution
It is a Mediterranean plant. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Synonyms
Senecio barbellatus DC.Senecio graminicolus C. A. Sm.Senecio retrorsus DC. var. subedentulus DC.Senecio latifolius DC. var. barbellatus (DC.) Harv.Senecio latifolius DC. var. retrorsus (DC.) Harv.
References (5)
- 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
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
