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groundsels
Senecio
Senecio is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes groundsels and some ragworts. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus Senecio is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Plants of the World Online currently accepts 1482 species.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common groundsel
speciesSenecio vulgaris
Narrow-leaved Ragwort
speciesSenecio inaequidens
Senecio leucanthemifolius
complexSenecio leucanthemifolius
Alpine Ragwort Complex
complexSenecio nemorensis
Tall western groundsel
speciesSenecio integerrimus
Arrowleaf Senecio
speciesSenecio triangularis
Sticky Groundsel
speciesSenecio viscosus
Shoddy Ragwort
speciesSenecio pterophorus
threadleaf groundsel
speciesSenecio flaccidus
Madagascar Ragwort
speciesSenecio madagascariensis
Red-purple Ragwort
speciesSenecio elegans
coastal burnweed
speciesSenecio minimus
creeping groundsel
speciesSenecio angulatus
Cutleaf burnweed
speciesSenecio glomeratus
Texas ragwort
speciesSenecio ampullaceus
cotton burnweed
speciesSenecio quadridentatus
Oxford Ragwort
speciesSenecio squalidus
Heath Groundsel
speciesSenecio sylvaticus
pinnate-leaved groundsel
speciesSenecio pinnatifolius
Buck's horn groundsel
speciesSenecio glaucus
Broom-like Ragwort
speciesSenecio spartioides
Hill Fireweed
speciesSenecio hispidulus
fireweed groundsel
speciesSenecio linearifolius
climbing senecio
speciesSenecio scandens
Gravel Groundsel
speciesSenecio skirrhodon
Sandveld Ragwort
speciesSenecio arenarius
Kill Ragwort
speciesSenecio burchellii
Seabeach Groundsel
speciesSenecio pseudoarnica
Fremont's Ragwort
speciesSenecio fremontii
Canary creeper
speciesSenecio tamoides
Tall Ragwort
speciesSenecio serra
rayless ragwort
speciesSenecio aronicoides
Cut-Leaved Ragwort
speciesSenecio eremophilus
Senecio glaucophyllus complex
complexSenecio lautus
Woad-leaved ragwort
speciesSenecio glastifolius
Ridgestem Ragwort
speciesSenecio pubigerus
Chamois Ragwort
speciesSenecio doronicum
Nasturtium Ragwort
speciesSenecio oxyriifolius
Golden Ragwort
speciesSenecio doria
Hard Ragwort
speciesSenecio rigidus
Woolly Grassveld Ragwort
speciesSenecio coronatus
Black-tip Groundsel
speciesSenecio lugens
Senecio clivicola
speciesSenecio clivicola
California ragwort
speciesSenecio californicus
Senecio callosus
speciesSenecio callosus
Succulent Bush Ragwort
speciesSenecio barbertonicus
Tall Blacktip Ragwort
speciesSenecio atratus
Blushing Ragwort
speciesSenecio erubescens
Climbing Ragwort
speciesSenecio deltoideus
Senecio niveoaureus
speciesSenecio niveoaureus
Saracen's Woundwort
speciesSenecio sarracenicus
Nodding Ragwort
speciesSenecio bigelovii
Senecio lividus
speciesSenecio lividus
Tobacco Ragwort
speciesSenecio halimifolius
Manyflower Ragwort
speciesSenecio polyanthemoides
Scented Groundsel
speciesSenecio odoratus
Broom Ragwort
speciesSenecio venosus
Senecio filaginoides
speciesSenecio filaginoides
Mojave Ragwort
speciesSenecio mohavensis
Senecio cinerarioides
speciesSenecio cinerarioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.774
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.328
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus (Odo of Meung) · 1090 · p.94
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.404
Garden of Health
1507 · p.326
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.776
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.249
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.318
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.589
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.597
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.357
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.715
In the stacks
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Every page naming Senecio in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53207.