Spanish flowery plant

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  1. WayuU

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    This plant is from southern Spain, dry desert like area. I don't know if it is native to this area, I don't think so.

    Latin or english name pls?
     

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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    David in L A Active Member 10 Years

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    To me it looks like a Senecio or something related.
     
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    Thank you for helping me.

    I've now been informed it's a bush, about 2-2.5 meters high and 2-3 meters wide. Full of flowers in the month of Decemnber in Spain.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    If it is a woody shrub, then not Mycelis muralis (which is a herbaceous plant growing to 1m tall or a little more at most). Can you get a photo of the foliage?
     
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    I'll try.
    It's at my parents home in Spain and I live in Sweden, but I'll try getting my mother to take a picture of it, though not in bloom atm.
     
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    Might be Roldana/Senecio petasites.
     
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    Thank you David, I think it is Senecio petasites.

    Michael, I would like to post a pic of the bush but my mother does not know where it is so I can't, not until I'm there next christmas at least.
     
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    If the leaves are large and velvety then...Senecio.
     
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    Senecio is a large and diverse genus, even after subtracting all the currently recognised segregate genera. There are probably a number of species with flowerheads more or less like this. But one possibility I will suggest is S. tamoides (from S Africa), grown as an ornamental in warm climates. It has a scrambling habit but can mound up into a large shrub. Here's a pic of it I took just recently.
     

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