Groundsel is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*Members of the genus ''
Senecio
''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels.
Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants.
Description
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**Creeping groundsel, ''
Senecio angulatus
''Senecio angulatus'', also known as creeping groundsel
and Cape ivy,
is a Succulent plant, succulent flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is native to South Africa. Cape ivy is a scrambling and a vine, twining herb that can become an N ...
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**Common groundsel, ''
Senecio vulgaris
''Senecio vulgaris'', often known by the common names groundsel and old-man-in-the-spring, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb, native to Europe and widely naturalised as a ruderal species in suitable disturbed hab ...
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**Welsh groundsel, ''
Senecio cambrensis
''Senecio cambrensis'' (Welsh groundsel or Welsh ragwort) is a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Great Britain and currently known only from North Wales. It is a recently evolved plant that arose as a result of hyb ...
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**York radiate groundsel, ''
Senecio eboracensis
''Senecio eboracensis'', the York groundsel or York radiate groundsel, is a flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is a self-pollinating hybrid species of ragwort
and one of only six new plant species to be discovered in either the ...
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**Eastern groundsel, ''
Senecio vernalis
''Senecio vernalis'' is one of the European species of Senecio, an annual that is also known as eastern groundsel. While it has been long classified as ''Senecio vernalis'', this species has more recently been described as a subspecies of '' Sen ...
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**Heath groundsel, ''
Senecio sylvaticus
''Senecio sylvaticus'' is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is variously known as the woodland ragwort, heath groundsel, or mountain common groundsel. It is native to Eurasia, and it can be found in other places, including wes ...
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**Sticky groundsel, ''
Senecio viscosus
''Senecio viscosus'' is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus ''Senecio''. It is known as the sticky ragwort, sticky groundsel or stinking groundsel Groundsel is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
*Members of the genus ''Senec ...
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*Groundsel bush, ''
Baccharis halimifolia
''Baccharis halimifolia'' is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Nova Scotia, the eastern and southern United States (from Massachusetts south to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma), eastern Mexico (Nu ...
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*Members of ''
Dendrosenecio
''Dendrosenecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae, sunflower family. It is a segregate (taxonomy), segregate of ''Senecio'', in which it formed the subgenus ''Dendrosenecio''. Its members, the giant groundsels, are native to the ...
'', the giant groundsels
*Members of ''
Packera
''Packera'' is a genus of about 64 species of plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Most species are commonly called ragworts or grounsels. Its members were previously included in the genus ''Senecio'' (where they were called ''aureoid senecios ...
'', a segregate of ''Senecio''
**Golden groundsel, ''
Packera aurea (Senecio aureus)''
**Golden groundsel, ''
Packera obovata (Senecio obovatus)''
*Members of ''
Roldana
''Roldana'' also known as groundsel is a genus of large herbs or subshrubs from the tribe groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.
Most if not all of its members used to be members of a related genus, ''Senecio''. The species which are nat ...
'', a segregate of ''Senecio''
*Members of ''
Tephroseris''
[''Tephroseris''.]
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