Senecio vulgaris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Senecio |
Species: | S. vulgaris
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Binomial name | |
Senecio vulgaris | |
Range of Senecio vulgaris | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Senecio vulgaris, often known by the common names groundsel[3]: 764 and old-man-in-the-spring,[4] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb, native to the Palaearctic and widely naturalised as a ruderal species in suitable disturbed habitats worldwide.