Appearance
''Senecio inaequidens'' is a perennial chamaephyte up to 1 m in height, often much ramified, with each stem ending in one or a few capitula yellow in colour, forming a loose floral display. A single plant produces 26 to 500 capitula each year, with approximately 90 florets, 74% of them developing a viable achene.The leaves are linear, entire or almost so and without petioles.
Naming
''S. inaequidens'' exists as a diploid genotype and a tetraploid cytotype.Initially the diploid ''S. madagascarensis'' and ''S. harveianus'' were assumed to be different species; however molecular analysis showed that they only differ in cytotype.
Distribution
It is native to Southern Africa, including Lesotho, South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique and Botswana.Habitat
In its native habitat ''S.inaequidens'' occurs at elevations from sea level to 2850 m in a wide range of naturally or anthropogenically disturbed habitats such as river banks, rocky slopes, heavily grazed or recently burned grasslands, and road verges.References:
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