Biology:Senecio viscosus
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Senecio |
| Species: | S. viscosus
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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]
Description
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]
Distribution
Locally common in Britain and Ireland on waste ground.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "Senecio viscosus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SEVI2. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑
Baynes, T.S.; Smith, W.R., eds (1880). "Groundsel". Encyclopædia Britannica. 11 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 221.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN:978-185918-478-3
- ↑ Martin, W.K. 1965. The Concise British Flora in Colour. Ebury Press
- ↑ Hackney,P. 1992. Stewart & Corry's Flora of the North-east of Ireland. Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast. ISBN:0-85389-446-9
External links
Media related to Senecio viscosus at Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata ☰ Q3503708 entry
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