Family |
Asteraceae
Senecio vulgaris
L.
Senecio vulgaris L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 867 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, pp. 428–429, Pl. CCXL, 2; 1983)
Description
Life-form & habit: Annual, usually with erect stems 10–30 cm tall, varying from hairless to cobwebby-woolly.
Leaves: Lower leaves oblong-spatulate and toothed, narrowing into short stalks; upper leaves oblong-linear and deeply lobed, clasping the stem with basal auricles.
Inflorescence & flowers: Small heads, about 7 × 4 mm, form more or less compact clusters. Heads initially nod and later become upright; ray florets are absent or very short. The involucre has linear bracts and eight to ten small outer scales.
Fruit: Slightly hairy achenes, somewhat narrowed towards the tip, with a deciduous pappus.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering November–March.
Habitat & elevation: Cultivated and abandoned ground.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida, Beirut, Fouar, Nahr Beirut, Nahr el Kelb, Tripoli, Antoura, Baabda, Mimas near Hasbaya and Bqaatouta.
Syrian distribution: Aleppo and Damascus.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China South-Central, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Yakutiya, Yemen.
Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Arizona, Assam, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Florida, Georgia, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lesotho, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South Georgia, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Zimbabwe.