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5789. Senecio sylvaticus 
790. e - ph sui eiae 
5787. Senecio vulgaris 
5788. S i h 
50. Senecio mikanioides Otto. German Ivy. Fig. 5791. 
Senecio mikanioides Otto, Allg. Gartenz. 10: 168. 1842, nomen subnudum; ex st Ps op. cit. 13: 42. 1845. 
Glabrous perennial se Mion agit mbin a m. or more. Leaf-bla 
thin, somewh y-like, cordate, sharply lo apr ip ec Oe cm. ae and about as wide ; sctiotes 
about as long ‘lad s or pa those of the lar aves ‘A only 2 
stipule-like appendages at the base; heads borne in small, condensed, pedunculate, corymbiform 
usters, small and few-flowered, the disk only abou ide; involucre 3— gh I 
bout 8; rays wanting; achenes glabrous 
shorter than the ek the principal bracts commorly a 
Along streams an il * near the coast of California from 
of South ARICA. gi gn lity: horticultural specimens. mistakenly thoug 
origin. Jan.—March. 
Al Bala and Marin Counties southward; sere 
ht to have been of probable Mexic 
