Senecio vulgaris

Senecio vulgaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species:
S. vulgaris
Binomial name
Senecio vulgaris
Range of Senecio vulgaris
Synonyms [2]

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.

  1. ^ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "Plants Profile, Senecio vulgaris L." The Plants Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  2. ^ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. "Flora Europaea Search Results matching vulgaris and Senecio". Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  3. ^ Stace, C. A. (2010). New Flora of the British Isles (Third ed.). Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521707725.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Senecio vulgaris​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 November 2015.