''Jacobaea erucifolia'', the hoary ragwort
(synonym ''Senecio erucifolius''), is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of the genus ''
Jacobaea
''Jacobaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. Its members used to be placed in the genus ''Senecio'', but have been separated into the segregate genus ''Jacobaea'' on the basis of molecular phylo ...
'' and the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
.
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erucifolia
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