Senecio sylvaticus
Senecio elegans
heath groundsel, wood groundsel, woodland groundsel, woodland ragwort
purple ragwort, red-purple ragwort
puberulent (hairs abundant, curly).
(somewhat sticky) hairy or unevenly glabrate.
single.
single (often branching distally).
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).
evenly distributed; petiolate (petiole bases ± expanded);
blades obovate (lyrate to pinnatifid, lobes linear to ± cruciate), 3–8 × 1.5–3.5 cm, bases contracted or tapered, ultimate margins ± dentate to crenate.
0 or 1–8+;
corolla laminae usually 1–2+ mm (barely surpassing phyllaries).
± 13;
corolla laminae (deep red to purple) 10–15 mm.
± 13 (± 21), 4–7+ mm, tips greenish or minutely black.
± 13+, 6–10 mm, tips black.
0 or of 1–5+ linear to filiform bractlets.
of 8–14 ± ovate bractlets (lengths to 1/2 phyllaries).
12–24 in corymbiform arrays.
8–20 in corymbiform arrays.
hairy (especially on angles).
usually hairy.
= 40.
= 20.
Senecio sylvaticus
Senecio elegans
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.)
Senecio elegans escapes from cultivation and persists along the central coast of California. Native to South Africa, it is now established widely in areas of Mediterranean climate.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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