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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]
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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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Description edit
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 edit
Locally common in Britain and Ireland on waste ground.[3][4][5]
References edit
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Senecio viscosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ Baynes, T. S.; Smith, W. R., eds. (1880). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 221.
- ^ a b 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 edit
Media related to Senecio viscosus at Wikimedia Commons- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 626.
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