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78.) SENECIO to PETASITES

SENECIO

  • Senecio sarracenicus L. (Stace, NBN) Senecio fluviatilis Wallr. (old name) (Broad-leaved Ragwort) Wetland
  • Senecio squalidus L. (Oxford Ragwort) / General
  • Senecio squalidus x S. vulgaris = (Stace, NBN) S. x baxteri Druce (Oxford Ragwort x Groundsel) 1973 /? - with S. vulgaris ssp. vulgaris var. vulgaris (Stace) General
  • Senecio vulgaris L. (ssp. vulgaris (Stace, NBN) var. vulgaris - Stace) (Groundsel) / General
  • Senecio sylvaticus L. (Heath Groundsel) - General
  • Senecio viscosus L. (Sticky Groundsel) /- General
  • Jacobaea maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden (Stace) Senecio cineraria DC. (old name) (Silver Ragwort) / General
  • Jacobaea maritima x J. vulgaris = J. x albescens (Burb. & Colgan) Verloove & Lambinon (Stace) Senecio cineraria x S. jacobaea = S. x albescens Burb. & Colgan (NBN) (Silver x Common Ragwort) / General
  • Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn. (Stace, NBN) (ssp. vulgaris - Stace, NBN, Kew) Senecio jacobaea L. (old name) (Common Ragwort) / General
  • Jacobaea vulgaris x J. aquatica = J. x ostenfeldii (Druce) B. Bock (Stace) Senecio jacobaea x S. aquaticus = S. x ostenfeldii Druce (NBN - old name) (Common x Marsh Ragwort) 1958 / Wetland
  • Jacobaea aquatica (Hill) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. (Stace, NBN) (ssp. aquatica - Stace, NBN) Senecio aquaticus Hill (old name) (Marsh Ragwort) / Woodland
  • Jacobaea erucifolia (L.) P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. (Stace, NBN) Senecio erucifolius L. (old name) (Hoary Ragwort) / General
  • Brachyglottis laxifolia x B. compacta = B. x jubar P.D. Sell (Stace, NBN) Brachyglottis 'Sunshine' (Shrub Ragwort) /- - parent plants uncertain General
  • Doronicum pardalianches L. (Leopard's-bane) - Woodland
  • Doronicum plantagineum L. (Plantain-leaved Leopard's-bane) 1968 Woodland
  • Tussilago farfara L. (Colt's-foot) /- General
  • Petasites hybridus (L.) P. Gaertn, B. Mey. & Scherb. (Butterbur) /- Wetland
  • Petasites japonicus (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. (ssp. giganteus Kitam. - Stace) (Giant Butterbur) /- Wetland
  • Petasites albus (L.) Gaertn. (White Butterbur) /- General
  • Petasites pyrenaicus (L.) G. López (Stace) Petasites fragrans (Vill.) C. Presl (NBN) (Winter Heliotrope) / General
  • Parasenecio hastatus (L.) H. Koyama (Kew, EDIT, GBIF) (var. hastatus - Kew) Parasenecio hastata L. (NBN) Cacalia hastata L. (old name) (spelt wrongly in old flora as hastate) (find common name! - Spear-leaved Groundsel?) 1906 General

Species to add:

  • Senecio inaequidens DC. (Narrow-leaved Ragwort) wasn't even included in the Flora of the Bristol Region (2000)
  • Senecio squalidus x S. viscosus = S. x londinensis Lousley (Oxford Ragwort x Sticky Groundsel) - 1 BSBI record. A very plausible candidate found on Avon Street, Temple Meads, Bristol in 2024 by Maico Weites
  • Senecio vulgaris L. ssp. vulgaris var. hibernicus Syme (Groundsel) - BSBI records