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Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel)

Synonyms: Erigeron senecio; Senecio lanuginosus; Senecio vulgarihumilis; Senecio vulgaris var. vulgaris

Wikipedia Abstract

Senecio vulgaris, often known by the common names groundsel and old-man-in-the-Spring, is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb, native to Europe and widely naturalised as a weed in suitable disturbed habitats worldwide.
View Wikipedia Record: Senecio vulgaris

Infraspecies

Senecio vulgaris denticulatus
Senecio vulgaris vulgaris (Common Ragwort) (Attributes)

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Senecio vulgaris

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Screening - Summer [3]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [3]  Porous
Bee Flower Color [2]  Green
Flower Color [3]  Yellow
Foliage Color [3]  Green
Fruit Color [3]  Brown
Bloom Period [3]  Early Spring
Dispersal Mode [6]  Anemochory, Zoochory
Drought Tolerance [3]  Medium
Edible [4]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [3]  Low
Flower Type [4]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [3]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [3]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [3]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [3]  Summer
Growth Form [3]  Single Crown
Growth Period [3]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [3]  Rapid
Hazards [4]  All parts of the plant are poisonous to many mammals, including humans. The toxin affects the liver and has a cumulative affect; Some mammals, such as rabbits, do not seem to be harmed by the plant, and will often seek it out; Various birds also eat the leaves and seeds;
Leaf Type [3]  Deciduous
Lifespan [4]  Annual
Pollinators [4]  Insects, Lepidoptera, Bats
Propagation [3]  Seed
Regrowth Rate [3]  Slow
Root Depth [3]  8 inches (20 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [3]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [3]  High
Seeds Per [3]  399999 / lb (881848 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [3]  Erect
Structure [7]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [3]  None
Height [4]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Width [4]  6 inches (0.15 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [3]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Light Preference [5]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [5]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [5]  Rich
Soil Moisture [5]  Moist
Water Use [3]  Moderate
View Plants For A Future Record : Senecio vulgaris

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Predators

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ensina sonchi[9]
Hyaloperonospora parasitica[11]
Puccinia lagenophorae[11]
Sphenella marginata[9]
Uredo campanulae[11]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 5ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 6Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420.
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2013. BROT: a plant trait database for Mediterranean Basin species. Version 2013.06.
♦ 7Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 8Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 9Ecology of Commanster
♦ 10New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 11Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0