Calflora: Delairea odorata

Delairea odorata Lem.

Cape ivy

Delairea odorata, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

The California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) classifies the potential impact of Delairea odorata on native ecosystems as high (plant profile).

Delairea odorata is also classified by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as a Noxious Weed List B: Control required in nurseries, control elsewhere at the discretion of local County Agricultural Commissioner. [CDFA Weeds 2010]

Community:	introduced plant which is becoming naturalized
Elevation:	between 0 and 656 feet
Family:	ASTERACEAE

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS

Other Names:
(according to)

TJM2 + PLANTS:

Senecio mikanioides

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 33 / 5 CCH Contra Costa: 31 / 3 CCH Del Norte: 24 / 0 CCH Humboldt: 44 / 8 CCH Los Angeles: 371 / 30 CCH Mendocino: 149 / 5 CCH Monterey: 135 / 6 CCH Marin: 807 / 3 CCH Napa: 1 / 0 CCH Orange: 23 / 3 CCH Riverside: 1 / 1 CCH Santa Barbara: 56 / 11 CCH San Bernardino: 5 / 0 CCH Santa Clara: 23 / 4 CCH Santa Cruz: 290 / 2 CCH San Diego: 145 / 6 CCH San Francisco: 190 / 2 CCH San Luis Obispo: 97 / 14 CCH San Mateo: 224 / 1 CCH Solano: 1 / 0 CCH Sonoma: 82 / 0 CCH Ventura: 33 / 6 CCH Yolo: 1 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Delairea odorata from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (DEOD)

2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database