Senecio mikanioides Otto ex Walpers

Stems trailing or climbing. Leaves: petioles about equaling blades, sometimes with pair of stipule-like lobes at bases; blades ± orbiculate or polygonal, 3–8(–12) × 3–8(–12) cm, lobes or teeth (3–)5–9+, acute. Heads (10–)20–40. Calyculi: bractlets 0.2–1.5+ mm. Phyllaries 3–4 mm. Pappi surpassing involucres by 2–3 mm. 2n = 20.

Flowering year round, mostly Nov–Feb. Shady, disturbed sites near the coast; 0–200(–300) m; introduced; Calif., Oreg; South Africa; also introduced in Australia.

Delairea odorata escaped from cultivation and is now an invasive weed in shady, disturbed sites near the coast.