*Senecio crassiflorus (Poir.) DC.

Plant greyish throughout. Leaves silvery white, with copious hairs, spathulate, 6–8 cm long, sessile, toothed towards the apex. Involucre 1–2 cm diam.; the bracts silvery white, c. 20. Ray florets 15–22; rays 20–30 mm long. Cypselas up to 5 mm long. Pappus 14–15 mm long. Decumbent herb up to 50 cm high. Coast. Near habitation. Introd. from S. America. Fl. most of the year