Senecio vulgaris
Common names
common groundsel
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
Flower colours
Yellow
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Asteraceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
Europe, N. Africa, Asia
Other information
Etymology
senecio: From the Latin senex ‘old man’ (probably referring to the bearded seeds)
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
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