Senecio garlandii

Erect perennial to c. 1 m high; stems densely white-cottony. Leaves ovate or elliptic, 8–15 cm long, 3–9 cm wide, those of main axes sessile, cordate at base and stem-clasping, those of lateral branches often tapered at base and petiolate; margins dentate; upper surface glabrous or retaining some cottony hairs; lower surface densely white-cottony. Inflorescence corymbose, c. 5–15 cm across; capitula 20–80 or more, radiate; involucre broadly campanulate, c. 4 mm long, glabrous; bracts c. 13; bracteoles 5–7. Ray florets 7–10, yellow, ligules c. 4 mm long; disc florets c. 20–25, yellow. Cypselas obloid, c. 2 mm long, light brown, appressed-papillose, grooved; pappus of slender white hairs 4–5 mm long, deciduous. Flowers Aug.–Nov.