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Senecio - A very common houseplant

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Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Senecio

The flower heads of Senecio are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters. It is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Senecio species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species.

Senecio was once a very common house plant. It takes a bit of searching to find one.