Africa Wild

Thanks for the solution to some of my problems Toko you are a real star

Please pardon the quality of some of my next "problems"

Some pics of flowers taken at a Reserve near my home :

Taken in Rietvlei :

mposthumus wrote:Thanks for the solution to some of my problems Toko you are a real star

Please pardon the quality of some of my next "problems"

Another alien Wild Coffee Senna occidentalis

Amoli wrote:Some pics of flowers taken at a Reserve near my home :

Hmmmm... can be any one of a number of Senecio sp. . Difficult to say without leaves , but could very well be S. latifolius . Common name - Staggers bush , Dunsiektebossie ( Afr.) . Closely related species are S.venosus , S. retrocus , and S.pergamentaceus , all of them noxious/poisonous to animals .

These were both seen at Marievale -

okie wrote:

Amoli wrote:Some pics of flowers taken at a Reserve near my home :

Hmmmm... can be any one of a number of Senecio sp. . Difficult to say without leaves , but could very well be S. latifolius . Common name - Staggers bush , Dunsiektebossie ( Afr.) . Closely related species are S.venosus , S. retrocus , and S.pergamentaceus , all of them noxious/poisonous to animals .

I would go for Senecio lydenburgensis because of the solitary cottony stem and it's quite tall!

Erect perennial herb up to ± 1 ,4 m high; crown of rootstock covered with fibrous bases of old leaves; stems usually unbranched below, densely leafy; most parts sparsely and loosely covered with whitish woolly hairs

Toko , on the other hand , the flower-stem of S.lydenburgensis does not contain hairs ?

Braam Van Wyk, ‎Sasa Malan: Field guide to the wild flowers of the highveld says it's slightly hairy

Can not find another one in Gauteng with a hairy tall single stem branching above and no leaves on the upper stem

And it would be correct according to the plant list as it is not the S. burchellii which is more bush-like scrubby


The stems of S. latifolius are mostly smooth, but typical small pads of woolly hair are found at the bases of the stems.

S. venosus would be more leafy, no nude stems and grows in clusters.


Perhaps is not Senecio at all

These little white flowers seen in Marakele at the bird hide during our November trip.