Senecio vagus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio

At a glance

Occurrence records194

Data sources5

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Senecio vagus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility194 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF194 records

Genome at a glanceGoaTgenome

01Narrative

Senecio vagus, commonly known as saw groundsel, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. This plant occurs in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. An erect perennial herbaceous plant, growing up to 1.5 metres tall. Mostly seen in moist gullies on the Great Dividing Range. Yellow flowers usually form in spring and summer. The lectotype was collected in the Dandenong Ranges in 1853 by Ferdinand von Mueller.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 143

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology12

Fruit length4 mm

Leaf length120 mm

Leaf length max120 mm

Leaf length min50 mm

Leaf width40 mm

Leaf width max70 mm

Leaf width min10 mm

Plant height1.2 m

Plant height max1.3 m

Plant height min0.6 m

Seed length4.5 mm

Seed width0.7 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Dehiscenceindehiscent

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timeyynnnnnnyyyy

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typeachene

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: herb · TRY: herb/shrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate ovate

Woodinessvariable

⚠ sources differ — TRY: non-woody/woody · AusTraits: herbaceous · GIFT: non-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Senecio vagus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Senecio vagus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type194 records

Wild obs. + sensor154

Museum / vouchered40

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO580 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 115≤1 km 10≤10 km 2>10 km 4

131 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor154

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 14≤10 km 4>10 km 2

28 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence40

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 13 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	8
Brisbane, AU	7
Canberra, AU	5
Stockholm, SE	4
Armidale, AU	3
Mount Annan, AU	3
Batemans Bay, AU	2
Parkville, AU	2
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	2
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
QVMAGlocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 40 of 40 vouchered records shown

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