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Senecio magnificus F.Muell.
Showy Groundsel

Reference
Linnaea 25:418 (1853)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.6-1.5(-2) m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Sandy & clayey soils. Creek beds, hardpan plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 June 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Carnegie, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.