Common name
English: Velvet Groundsel
English: Velvet Groundsel
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Asterales (224)
Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)
Genus: Roldana (1)
Epithet: petasitis (Sims) H.Rob. & Brettell (1)
Synonyms: Cineraria petasitis Sims, Cineraria platanifolia Schrank, Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
petasitis => hat like
platanifolia => leaves resemble those of the plane Platanus
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb, shrub
Flower colour: yellow