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Dendrosenecio
Dendrosenecio is a genus of giant groundsels in the daisy family, native to high-altitude alpine zones of East African mountains such as Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and the Rwenzoris. They form tree-like woody stems topped with rosettes and are mainly grown in their native mountain habitat rather than in gardens, so the key to growing them is cool, bright, moist conditions that mimic the alpine zone.
Dendrosenecio is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is a segregate of the genus Senecio. Its members, the giant groundsels, are native to the higher-altitude zones of ten mountain groups in equatorial East Africa, where they form a conspicuous element of the flora.
The giant groundsels are found in the alpine zone of the mountains of equatorial East Africa – Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru in Tanzania, Mount Kenya, the Aberdare Range, and Cherangani Hills in Kenya, Mount Elgon on the Uganda–Kenya border, the Rwenzori Mountains on the Uganda–Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border, the Virunga Mountains on the borders of Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC, and Mitumba Mountains (Mount Kahuzi and Mount Muhi) in the east of the DRC.
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