Senecio spathulatus var. latifructus

Sprawling to prostrate rhizomatous perennial to 50 cm high. Leaves sessile, shortly auriculate at base, obovate to spathulate, 1–5 cm long, 6–15(–25) mm wide, rather fleshy; margins dentate, serrate or denticulate. Inflorescence of 1–5 capitula; capitula radiate; involucre broadly campanulate, 7–11 mm long; bracts c. 13, rarely 8–10, fused near base, fleshy, with broad membranous margins; bracteoles present. Ray florets c. 13, yellow, ligules 10–25 mm long; disc florets c. 40–70, yellow. Cypselas cylindric, often curved 4–7 mm long, pale brown or straw coloured, ribbed, glabrous, or rarely shortly pubescent between ribs; pappus of slender hairs 5–7 mm long, persistent. Flowers mostly Nov.–Mar.