Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1834), Sertum Astrolabianum. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 2: 129 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Crescit in Novâ-Hollandiâ."

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 669 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1963), Angiospermae: Lythraceae to Epacridaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 2: 366 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate common name: Fireweed [n/a]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 308 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio dryadeus Sieber ex J.M.Black legitimate pro parte misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Sprengel, C.P.J. (1826), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 3: 562

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 372 [secondary reference]

common name: Fire Groundsel [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 677 [secondary reference]

common name: Fireweed [n/a] common name: Groundsel [n/a] common name: Fireweed Groundsel [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 85 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio dryadeus Spreng. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Senecio macrodontus DC. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio australis var. macrodontus (DC.) Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio dryadeus var. macrodontus Ewart legitimate

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Senecio. Flora of New South Wales 3: 310, pl.12 [secondary reference]

Ross, J.H. in Ross, J.H. (ed.) (September 1996), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 5: 214 [secondary reference]

Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Senecio. Flora of Victoria 4: 950-951, Fig. 194c [secondary reference]

common name: Fireweed Groundsel [n/a]

Thompson, I.R. (16 November 2004), Taxonomic studies of Australian Senecio (Asteraceae): 2. The shrubby, discoid species and the allied radiate species Senecio linearifolius. Muelleria 20: 90-91 [secondary reference]

Wapstra, M., Thompson, I. & Buchanan, A. (2008), An illustrated and annotated key to the Tasmanian species of Senecio (Asteraceae). Kanunnah 3: 65-67, Fig. 14 [secondary reference]

common name: fireweed groundsel [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1834), Sertum Astrolabianum. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 2: 131 misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 374 misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 669

• APC Dist.: SA (uncertain origin), NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2015), Senecio. Flora of Australia 37: 253-254 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1834), Sertum Astrolabianum. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 2: 131 misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 374 misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 669

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 22 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 94

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Senecio dryadeus Sieber ex J.M.Black legitimate taxonomic synonym: Senecio dryadeus Sieber ex J.M.Black var. dryadeus legitimate misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Richard, A. in Lesson, A. & Richard, A. (1834), Sertum Astrolabianum. Voyage de Decouvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique 2: 131 misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1838), Compositae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 374 misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 669 misapplication: Senecio australis Willd. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 94

• APC Dist.: SA (uncertain origin), NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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