*Senecio vulgaris Linnaeus. Common name: Groundsel. Phenology: (Jan-) Mar-Jun (-Dec). Habitat: Roadsides, fields, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.
Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA20, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Oh3, Pa, RAB, S, SE1, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Barkley (1978), Barkley (1999). Basionym: Senecio vulgaris L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Senecio vulgaris - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: UPL
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect annual from a taproot, found on roadsides, fields and other disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.
Stems: Stems branched, covered in cobwebby hairs, becoming smooth later.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (lower) and sessile-clasping (upper), lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, wavy margined to pinnately lobed (irregular, jagged lobes) and with margins curved downward, somewhat fleshy, smooth or hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Compousite flowers (heads) in dense, terminal clusters on short stalks; heads cylindric, about 1/3 in. long, consisting of many tiny, yellow, tubular disk florets (no ray florets). Hairless, green, linear bracts with black tips tightly surround the head.
Fruits: Fruit a tufted, slender achene.
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Height: 4-16 in.
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description: Erect annual from a taproot, found on roadsides, fields and other disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.
stems: Stems branched, covered in cobwebby hairs, becoming smooth later.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate (lower) and sessile-clasping (upper), lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, wavy margined to pinnately lobed (irregular, jagged lobes) and with margins curved downward, somewhat fleshy, smooth or hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Compousite flowers (heads) in dense, terminal clusters on short stalks; heads cylindric, about 1/3 in. long, consisting of many tiny, yellow, tubular disk florets (no ray florets). Hairless, green, linear bracts with black tips tightly surround the head.
fruits: Fruit a tufted, slender achene.
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