STICKY GROUNDSEL

Senecio Viscosus

Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae]

month8jul month8aug month8sep

flower
flower8yellow
 
petals
petalsZMany
 
stem
stem8round
 
smell
smell8foetid
foetid
toxicity
toxicityZlowish
 

1st Aug 2008, Walkden High Level Stn, Mcr. Photo: © RWD
A rather straggly plant growing in waste places and cracks in under-used pavements.


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD
Has sticky glandular ghairs giving it a greyish-green appearance.


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD
Has a rather foetid smell. Flowers bulging more than does Groundsel, and without the black marks at the tip of the sepals.


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD
Covered in shortish clammy sticky hairs. Few ray petals and not usually extending far.


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD
Flower yellow with many inner disc florets and only few ray florets which soon roll-up backwards.


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD
Leaves darker grey-green, with many short lobes.


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD
Seed clocks robust with long brown seed pods.


12th June 2009, Jubilee Hut, Greenside Mines. Photo: © RWD
A miniature and dimpled white spherical 'golf-ball' remains when the seeds have flown the nest.


Easily confused with : other Groundsels.

Hybridises with : Heath Groundsel (Senecio sylvaticus) to produce Senecio × viscidulus; and with Oxford Ragwort (Senecio squalidus) to produce Senecio × baxteri.

Grows on waste ground and other bare places, often between stones or gaps in outdoor paving. The plant is both viscous sticky and foetid smelling.

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Distribution
 family8Compositae family8Daisy family8Dandelion family8Asteraceae
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genus8Senecio
Senecio

STICKY GROUNDSEL

Senecio Viscosus

Daisy & Dandelion Family [Asteraceae]