Senecio angulatus

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Senecio angulatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. angulatus
Binomial name
Senecio angulatus
L.f. (1781)
Range of Senecio angulatus-Native.svg
Native range of S. angulatus
Synonyms
  • Senecio macropodusDC.
  • Cineraria laevisA.Spreng.

Sources: IPNI, [1] GRIN, [2] NZPND, [3] The Plant List [4]

Contents

Senecio angulatus, also known as creeping groundsel [5] and Cape ivy, [6] [7] is a succulent flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa. Cape ivy is a scrambling [8] herb that can become an aggressive weed once established, making it an invasive species. [3] [9] It is grown as an ornamental plant for its satiny foliage and sweet-scented flowers. [10] [3] [8]

It is a problem weed in New Zealand, [11] and is naturalised in parts of North Africa [12] and Southern Europe. [13] In Australia, Senecio tamoides (Canary creeper) may usually be misapplied and is considered to be Senecio angulatus. Cape ivy is very similar to Delairea odorata , Senecio tamoides and Senecio macroglossus . [14] Other common names include climbing groundsel, [5] angled senecio, [15] Algerian senecio, [16] Jordanian senecio [17] and scrambling groundsel. [18]

Description

Leaves and stems

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Leaves

Its form is a dense tangled shrub 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall [19] or a climber that can reach 6 metres (20 ft) high, if suitable support is available.

The alternate leaves are rhombic to ovate (diamond-shaped or egg-shaped), [20] 3 to 5 centimetres (1.2 to 2.0 in) long and 1 to 5 centimetres (0.39 to 1.97 in) wide and occur in 1-4 pairs. They are thick, glossy, fleshy and coarsely toothed, with one to three teeth each side [3] and bluntly lobed, [19] with upper leaves becoming smaller with fewer teeth or none at all. [3] They have a frosted look from a powdery coating on the lower side.

Leaf stalks are 1 to 4 centimetres (0.39 to 1.57 in) long. [8]

The stems are succulent, and are often variegated with pale yellow green and purple, which become woody as they age. [21] They are slightly angular (not upright) and usually sparingly branched. [3] Neither stems nor leaves are hairy. [3] [8]

Inflorescence

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Inflorescence

Senecio angulatus produces numerous flowers in open clusters at the end of its branches or stems. [3] The honey-scented flowers are on an elongated stem and open in succession from the base up as the stem continues to grow. The flower clusters are more flat at the top than pyramid-like, and are 4 to 8 centimetres (1.6 to 3.1 in) in diameter. [8] Often the cluster droops with the flower heads at the end of the cluster turning upwards.

Flower stalks are mostly hairless or with some short hairs, 6.5 to 10.5 millimetres (0.26 to 0.41 in) long. Attached to flower stalks are 8-11 fine pointed bracts 5 to 6 millimetres (0.20 to 0.24 in) [3] which are surrounded by 4-7 pale green and sometimes purple tinged supplementary bracts at the base, 1.5 to 2.5 millimetres (0.059 to 0.098 in) which make a cup shape around the base of the involucre.

Individual flower-heads are radiate and urn-shaped. [8] The corolla has a disc [3] comprising 10-15 dull golden yellow disc florets. [8] Each disc floret is a hairless tube with a slight expansion below the middle and lobes 1.3 to 2 millimetres (0.051 to 0.079 in) wide. 4-6 ray florets surround the disc florets and have yellow [3] ligules (that look like petals) 5.5 to 9.5 millimetres (0.22 to 0.37 in) long that make the flowers look daisy-like. [19]

An autumn-winter bloomer, the plant flowers from April to May in Southern Africa and May to July in Australia and New Zealand. [8] In the northern hemisphere, particularly in Italy and Spain, it flowers from November to the end of January. [22] [23]

Fruits and reproduction

Cape ivy is easily dispersed by wind-blown seed, stem fragments, dumped garden waste and by the expansion of the plant through runners. [19] Achenes are 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) long, [3] ribbed or grooved with short hairs in the grooves [3] and a tapering cylindrical shape. [3] [8] The parachute-like hairs, the pappus, are 5 to 7 millimetres (0.20 to 0.28 in) long. [3] [8]

Cultivation

Due to its drought-tolerance and succulent nature, [24] [25] Cape ivy thrives in areas with a Mediterranean climate, [26] where it has been cultivated in parts of North Africa, Southern Europe [27] and the Levant.

History

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Grown towards a picket fence in Tel Aviv.

Cape ivy was introduced in Malta in the 15th century as an ornamental plant. [28] In Queensland, the plant may have increased in popularity following the Boer War, as there were anecdotal accounts that it was introduced from South Africa by the soldiers who returned to Australia after 1902. Moreover, it was displayed in garden pillars in Brisbane newspapers between 1906 and 1910, praising the plant for the beauty of both its foliage and its yellow clusters of blooms. Though these reports may have falsely applied the S. angulatus name to Senecio tamoides , which was a weed at that time on the east coast. [29]

It was most likely introduced to the United States after 1930, as it is not listed in the first edition of Hortus , although it is rarely cultivated in that country. [30] The plant was collected as a weed in Melbourne's southern suburb of Mornington in 1936, and was displayed in newspaper column submissions in areas between Bendigo and Swan Hill in the 1940s and 1950s. In Melbourne metropolitan area, it became prevalent on coastal banks and on decomposed rock gullies of suburban creeks. [29] It was introduced in New Zealand in 1940 as an ornamental. [9]

Propagation

Cape ivy grows in USDA hardiness zones 9a through 11b and is medium to fast-growing. Drought and heat tolerant, it would flourish better with some water in the summer and would bloom more often in full sun. It can grow indoors as a houseplant, provided it gets some sunlight. Pruning is necessary as the plant can become limp when it gets taller. [31]

Propagation can be done by cuttings (as the plant easily roots from the branch tips), and this is to be conducted between spring and fall. [32] [33] Seeds prefer consistent moisture and warm temperatures to germinate. Although some sources indicate that its seeds are unviable. [34] Annual fertilisation is necessary, though not mandatory. Pests include aphids.

Medicinal

Phytochemical profiling showed antioxidant and anti-acetylcholinesterase activities in extracts from Algerian Senecio angulatus. The hydro-methanolic and the acetate extracts have exhibited antioxidant potential of acetate for FRAP and phenanthroline methods. Furthermore, a high amount of cynarin and trans-ferulic acid was found in the extract whereas butanolic infusion had recorded the highest amount of chlorogenic acid. Though phenolic compounds tend to have hydroxyl in their composition, contributing to the antioxidant activity. [16]

Distribution

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Naturalisation at a scrubland in Jordan
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Cultivated at an apartment complex in Jerusalem

Cape ivy is native to the Cape Province in South Africa, hence its name, and it has been naturalized in parts of South Italy, France, Spain, Croatia, Portugal [13] [30] and some coastal areas in southeastern Australia (particularly the Mornington Peninsula), [35] where it is spreading. [8] It is reported to be invasive in New Zealand, and an emerging environmental weed in Victoria, Australia. [9] It is declared an alien species in Western Australia. [36] In California, Albania and Chile, it is reported to be escaping. [30]

It can become aggressive when it is established, where it may smother the existing native vegetation both in the ground layer and canopy, thus altering the light climate in the invaded community and sometimes suppress the regeneration of native plants. [19] As such, the plant is targeted by the Oregon Department of Agriculture for early detection and fast response if it were to escape from cultivation. [30]

On the Costa Brava in Spain, it was one of the five most recorded species, where it was found in large assemblage, usually close to human residence, invading and colonizing the clifftops, roadsides and the proximate scrubland, including the undergrowth, replacing native flora species such as Pistacia lentiscus . It was introduced to Catalonia in the 1970s as a groundcover plant in home gardens, before escaping. Although it is not recorded as an invasive species in the Spanish Catalogue of Invasive Species, it is one of the most common alien species present on the Catalan coast as it clearly possesses invasive behaviour. [37]

Afrotropic
East Tropical Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania
Southern Africa: South Africa (native)
Australasia
Australia: Western Australia (Esperance Plains, Warren, Swan Coastal Plain), New South Wales (South Coast and Mid North Coast), southern Victoria and Tasmania.
New Zealand: Nelson City, Wairau Bar, Marlborough and Banks Peninsula
Palearctic
Northern Africa: Tunisia, Libya [28] and Algeria [38]
Macaronesia: Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Hierro, Tenerife), Balearic Islands (Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca)
Southwestern Europe: Corsica, Channel Islands, Spain, France & Monaco, Portugal
Southeastern Europe: Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Albania, Croatia and surrounding islands [28]

Sources: GRIN, [2] NSWF, [8] NZPND, [3] BGB

Habitat

Cape ivy prefers soils of black calcareous and grey sand, sandy clay and limestone. It finds homes with these soils in coastal areas on cliff faces, mudflats, wet depressions in dunes, near swamps, in landfills, scrubland and near settlements, [8] especially near the sea. [3]

Other names

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