Senecio L.

Erect to ascending or rarely scrambling plants. Stipules usually absent Senecio
Erect or prostrate herbs or small shrubs
Florets all filiform and tubular
Leaves not deeply dissected; or if pinnatisect then only so in lower half and upper stem leaves usually not pinnatisect.
Flower heads with less than 25 florets and 7–13 involucre bracts.
Flower heads with more than 25 florets and 11–25 involucre bracts.