Scientific/Botanical Name:
Genus: Senecio
Specie: S. bicolor
Variety/Cultivar:
English Name:
Common Name:
Silver ragweed, dusty miller, (other plants with similar foliage share this name) silver leaf.
Botanical Family:
Name in Latin: Asteraceae
Name in English: Aster, Daisy, Sunflower Family
The Plant
Origin: western and central Mediterranean
Growth Habit: evergreen, branching shrub
Flower: yellow daisy-like , in dense capitula
Blooming Period: spring-summer
Leaf: felt-like, tomentose, pinnate, stiff with oblong and obtuse segments.
Usage:
Ornamental widely used because of silver foliage . Use in container of bedding, also cut
Care and Handling
Soil: potting
Amount of water: do not over water
Nutrition: standard liquid fertilizer, every 3-4 waterings
Special handling: winter hardy, full sun but light shade tolerant.
Special feature/remarks:
all parts are poisonous if ingested.