Common Name: common groundsel, ragwort
Scientific Name: Senecio vulgaris L.
Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - introduced winter annual, reproducing by seed

stems - upright, hairless, usually branched growth habit, seedling 1, seedling 2

leaves - alternate, deeply and irregularly lobed, lower leaves short petiole, upper sessile leaves 1, leaves 2

flowers - heads of yellow disk (tubulate) florets, ray (ligulate) florets absent; terminal clusters, seed pappus forms white "puff ball" flower heads

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