Senecio cotyledonis ("stinkbos") is a species of succulent flowering plant in the aster family, native to the Western Cape and Northern Cape of South Africa and to Namibia.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; liver damage with repeated ingestion Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Senecio sarcoides — considered toxic
- Crassothonna cylindrica
- Euryops rehmannii
- Dyscritothamnus filifolius
- Euryops floribundus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Senecio
- Species
- Senecio cotyledonis
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