Click to Enlarge
Previous | Next
To enquire about purchasing or using this image, please contact us. |
| Image details: |
|
| Image Description: |
A moth on a Magellan Ragwort. |
| Image notes: |
There is no good explantation for it's apperance in Scotland |
| Species in Image: |
Magellan Ragwort |
| Date: |
1983 |
| Area: |
North Mainland |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc03563 |
| General details: |
|
| Common Name |
Magellan Ragwort |
| Latin Name |
Senecio smithii |
| Family Name |
Compositae |
| Description |
Local name: Australian Daisy. Naturalised. Seen near crofts. Records date back to the 1890s (Mary Manson, Westsandwick, Yell). Native of Tierra del Fuego and southern parts of Chile and Argentina. |
|
