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Dendrosenecio battiscombei

Dendrosenecio battiscombei
Photo: Mehmet Karatay, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Kenya (Nyandarua Mts., Mt. Kenya)
Climate
montane tropical

About

Dendrosenecio battiscombei (synonym Senecio battiscombei) is one of the giant groundsels that lives on the slopes of Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range. Like Dendrosenecio adnivalis on the Ruwenzori Mountains and the Virunga Mountains, Dendrosenecio battiscombei grows in the lower wetter areas of the Afro-Alpine zone.

Other Dendrosenecio plants

Giant Groundsel · Dendrosenecio brassiciformis · Dendrosenecio cheranganiensis · Dendrosenecio elgonensis · Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii · Dendrosenecio johnstonii · Dendrosenecio keniensis · Dendrosenecio keniodendron · Giant Groundsel · Dendrosenecio meruensis · Giant Groundsels

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dendrosenecio battiscombei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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