Senecio bipinnatisectus
Common name
Australian fireweed
Synonyms
Erechtites atkinsoniae F.Muell.
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Native
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
SENBIP
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2017 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2012 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: By Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, John W. Barkla, Shannel P. Courtney, Paul D. Champion, Leon R. Perrie, Sarah M. Beadel, Kerry A. Ford, Ilse Breitwieser, Ines Schönberger, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Peter B. Heenan and Kate Ladley.
2018 | Not Threatened
Previous conservation statuses
2009 | Exotic
2004 | Exotic
Habitat
Disturbed sites - tracks, forest edges, dunes, clay or gravel road edges. Long-regarded as adventive from Australia, it is now regarded as another successful trans-Tasman coloniser - as with Senecio esleri, S. hispidulus, S. minimus, S. biserratus, S. diaschides etc.
Flower colours
Yellow
Propagation technique
Seed
Etymology
senecio: From the Latin senex ‘old man’ (probably referring to the bearded seeds)
References and further reading
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla, J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.M.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser,I.; Schonberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 22. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 82 p.