Senecio jacobaea |
Senecio sylvaticus |
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stinking willie, tansy ragwort |
heath groundsel, wood groundsel, woodland groundsel, woodland ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, 20–80(–100) cm (taprooted or branched caudices surmounting taproots). | Annuals, (15–)30–80+ cm (taproots fibrous-rooted). |
Herbage | sparsely and unevenly tomentose, glabrescent except in leaf axils and among heads. |
puberulent (hairs abundant, curly). |
Stems | (often purplish-tinged) usually single, sometimes loosely clustered. |
single. |
Leaves | ± evenly distributed (basal often withering before flowering); petiolate (sometimes obscurely); blades ovate to broadly ovate (usually 1–3-pinnate, lobes mostly obovate to spatulate), (4–)7–20(–30) × (1–)2–5(–12) cm, bases usually tapered, ultimate margins dentate (distal leaves similar, smaller). |
evenly distributed; petiolate; blades obovate to oblong, 3–7(–12) × 1–3(–4) cm, usually 1–2-pinnate, bases tapered, ultimate margins dentate (distal leaves similar, clasping, bractlike). |
Ray florets | ± 13; corolla laminae 8–12 mm. |
0 or 1–8+; corolla laminae usually 1–2+ mm (barely surpassing phyllaries). |
Phyllaries | ± 13, 3–4(–5) mm, tips black or greenish. |
± 13 (± 21), 4–7+ mm, tips greenish or minutely black. |
Calyculi | of 2–6 (inconspicuous) bractlets (less than 2 mm). |
0 or of 1–5+ linear to filiform bractlets. |
Heads | (10–)20–60+ in corymbiform arrays. |
12–24 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | all sparsely hairy or ray cypselae glabrous. |
hairy (especially on angles). |
2n | = 40. |
= 40. |
Senecio jacobaea |
Senecio sylvaticus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer(–fall). | Flowering late spring–summer (northern areas of cool, climate); winter (southern areas). |
Habitat | Disturbed sites, pastures, roadsides, and waste grounds | Mildly disturbed woodlands, open, sandy sites |
Elevation | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; IL; MA; ME; MI; MT; NJ; NY; OR; PA; WA; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SPM; Europe [Introduced in North America]
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CA; LA; MA; MI; NJ; OH; OR; PA; WA; WI; BC; NB; NF; NS; PE; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Senecio jacobaea is a weed introduced from Europe and now well established in places of cool, damp summers. It is toxic to livestock and legally noxious in most states and provinces where it occurs. The Russian botanist E. Wiebe (2000) resuscitated Jacobaea for plants that are treated here as Senecio jacobaea, S. erucifolius, and S. cannabifolius. Phylogenetic studies may confirm the utility of recognizing Jacobaea as a distinct genus; to do so here would be premature. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Senecio sylvaticus is a Eurasian weed that favors cool, wet climates. It is well established in coastal areas of the Pacific Coast and in parts of Newfoundland and Quebec; elsewhere in the flora, it appears to be sporadic. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 568. | FNA vol. 20, p. 563. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Jacobaea vulgaris | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 870. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 868. (1753) |
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