Common name:
Sticky groundsel
Family:
Scientific name:
Senecio viscosus
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the England and Wales; less common in Scotland and Ireland. An introduced species
Height:
Up to 70 cm
Habitat:
Verges, railways, old walls, dry grassland, especially coastal regions
Flowers:
Flowerheads have (usually) 13 narrow, linear yellow ray florets, recurved when mature, and several dozen yellow-orange disc florets, while phyllaries, also 13, are equal in length, sticky-hairy, and not prominently black-tipped. At the base of the involucre are two to five shorter phyllaries, the calyculi, about a third to a half as long. Flowerheads are arranged in open clusters
Leaves:
Pinnately lobed, covered by sticky glandular hairs, as are the stem and flower stalks. Up to 7 cm long and 4 cm wide
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
