Jacobaea aquatica

Jacobaea aquatica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Jacobaea
Species:
J. aquatica
Binomial name
Jacobaea aquatica
(Hill) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Synonyms
  • Senecio aquaticus Hill
  • Senecio jacobaea subsp. barbareifolius Krock.
  • Senecio pratensis Richt.

Jacobaea aquatica or Senecio aquaticus, the water ragwort[1] or marsh ragwort,[2] is a plant of the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial or biennial plant: young plants form a rosette near the ground, eventually producing a taller flowering shoot with many bright yellow flower heads, each with prominent ray florets. It grows in damp, grazed grassland, especially where there has been some disturbance.

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Senecio aquaticus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.