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Senecio glossanthus (Sond.) Belcher
Slender Groundsel

Reference
Ann.Missouri Bot.Gard. 43:80 (1956)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, slender annual, herb, 0.05-0.5(-0.7) m high. Fl. yellow, May to Oct. Variety of soils. Seasonally wet areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 June 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Ashburton, Beverley, Boddington, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Murray, Narembeen, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Three Springs, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Westonia, Wickepin, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.