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Delairea odorata

Cape-ivy, German ivy
Stems

trailing or climbing.
Leaves

petioles about equaling blades, sometimes with pair of stipule-like lobes at bases;

blades ± orbiculate or polygonal, 3–8(–12) × 3–8(–12) cm, lobes or teeth (3–)5–9+, acute.
Phyllaries

3–4 mm.
Calyculi

bractlets 0.2–1.5+ mm.
Heads

(10–)20–40.
Pappi

surpassing involucres by 2–3 mm.
2n

= 20.

Delairea odorata
Phenology Flowering year round, mostly Nov–Feb.
Habitat Shady, disturbed sites near the coast
Elevation 0–200(–300) m [0–700(–1000) ft]
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; South Africa [Introduced in North America; also introduced in Australia]
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Discussion

Delairea odorata escaped from cultivation and is now an invasive weed in shady, disturbed sites near the coast.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 609. Treatment author: Theodore M. Barkley†.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Delairea
Synonyms Senecio mikanioides
Name authority Lemaire: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., ser. 3, 1: 380. (1844)
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