Senecio viscosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Senecio |
Species: | S. viscosus
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Binomial name | |
Senecio viscosus |
Senecio viscosus is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Senecio. It is known as the sticky ragwort,[1] sticky groundsel[citation needed] or stinking groundsel.[2]
An annual, growing to 70 cm high and covered with glandular hairs. Very similar to Senecio sylvaticus which does not have glandular hairs. The outer bracts show a brown tip. The ray-florets are ligulate, yellow and at first spreading then rolled back. The leaves are alternate and deeply lobed. Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) does not have ray florets.[3]
Locally common in Britain and Ireland on waste ground.[3][4][5]