Comuna Tucapel, 12.1 km E of Polcura along road to El Abanico, 4.3 km W of Puente Polcura; moss and lichen covered rock outcrops and edge of low forest with Quillaja dominant. 647 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel

Notes

On cinders, clumped, heads yellow.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Senecio

Specific Epithet

polygaloides

Authorship

Phil.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#326,556 of 335,497

Top 98%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →