Senecio elegans
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Purple groundsel
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Summary
Source: WikipediaSenecio elegans is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names redpurple ragwort, purple groundsel, wild cineraria and purple ragwort.
Description
A Mediterranean herb in the Asteraceae family that can grow in arid conditions.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a green vegetable.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a green vegetable.
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Distribution
It is a Mediterranean plant. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Australia, Slovenia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Tasmania,
Synonyms
Also Known As
Grint
References (6)
- Baker, M. L. & de Salas, M. F., 2012, A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania. (On line)
- Fox, F. W. & Young, M. E. N., 1982, Food from the Veld. Delta Books. p 124
- http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/plants
- 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 36
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- 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
