Senecio

This article is about a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. For the painting by Paul Klee, see Senecio (Klee).

Senecio
Senecio vulgaris, an illustration from 1885
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Senecio
L.
Type species
Senecio vulgaris
Species

Some 1,250; see text

Synonyms[1]

Dendrosenecio
Jacobaea L.
Vendredia Baill.
Culcitium Humb. & Bonpl

Senecio /sɪˈniːʃi.oʊ/[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels.

Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus Senecio is one of the largest genera of flowering plants.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GRIN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607