Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Senecio macroglossus
cineraria, hierba cana, senecio hiedra, flowering Ivy, madeliefie klimop, dusty miller
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Senecio
Species
macroglossus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Vásquez, D. L. Calvo, J. (2016) Senecio sangayensis (Asteraceae, Senecioneae): a striking new species from the Ecuadorian highlands Phytotaxa 268 (3): 203–208.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Senecio macroglossus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1942. Accessed 4 November 2026.