Senecio elegans
Common name
purple groundsel
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
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.
SENELE
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
Violet/Purple
Year naturalised
1935
Origin
South Africa
Etymology
senecio: From the Latin senex ‘old man’ (probably referring to the bearded seeds)
elegans: Elegant