Senecio lyratusForssk.

WFO wfo-0000020179 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Senecio lyratus, photographed by douglaseustonbrown
fig. a douglaseustonbrown, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-01-17 / obs. 113374724
Senecio lyratus, photographed by douglaseustonbrown
fig. b douglaseustonbrown, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113374684
Senecio lyratus, photographed by douglaseustonbrown
fig. c douglaseustonbrown, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113374768
Senecio lyratus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175743327
Senecio lyratus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175743247

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Senecio lyratus is native: Cape Provinces, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen Cape ProvincesEritreaEthiopiaKenyaSomaliaSudan-South SudanSaudi ArabiaYemen
Native distribution of Senecio lyratus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Saudi Arabia SAU ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cineraria lyratipartita (Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.) Cufod.
  • Cineraria schimperi Sch.Bip. ex Oliv. & Hiern
  • Senecio appendiculatus Poir.
  • Senecio auriculatus Vahl
  • Senecio basipinnatus Baker
  • Senecio lyratipartitus Sch.Bip. ex A.Rich.
  • Senecio masonii De Wild.
  • Senecio variifolius DC.
  • Senecio variifolius var. variifolius

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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