Roldana petasitis

Roldana petasitis, the velvet groundsel or Californian Geranium,[3] is a species of the genus Roldana and family Asteraceae that used to be classified in the genus Senecio.

Roldana petasitis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Roldana
Species:
R. petasitis
Binomial name
Roldana petasitis
(Sims) H.Rob. & Brettell
Synonyms[1][2]

Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Cineraria petasitis Sims

Description
Leaf detail

Preferring constant heat and thriving in sheltered gardens, it is an evergreen subshrub with weak stems. It grows up to 1.8 m tall and has large leaves with 7 or more broad, blunt lobes.

The flower heads, like daisies, of about 6 ray ligulate petals are borne in foliaceous panicles. The plant blooms from winter to early spring.[3]

Distribution
Neotropic
Mexico Southwest: Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca
Mesoamerica: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

References
  1. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Roldana petasitis". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  2. "Roldana petasitis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-05-23.
  3. Velvet Groundsel Better Homes & Gardens. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

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