Ragwort (disambiguation)
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Ragwort may refer to a number of plant species:
- Certain members of the genus SenecioSenecioSenecio is a genus of the daisy family that includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters...
(ragworts and groundsels) including:- Senecio ampullaceusSenecio ampullaceusSenecio ampullaceus also known as Texas ragwort, Texas squaw-weed, Texas groundsel,and Texas butterweedis a species of Senecio in the family Asteraceae and gets its Latin name ampullaceus from its flask shaped flower-head...
, Texas ragwort - Senecio aquaticus or Jacobaea aquatica, water ragwort, marsh ragwort
- Senecio aureusSenecio aureusPackera aurea , commonly known as Golden Ragwort, is a perennial flower in family Asteraceae. It is also known as Life Root, Squaw Weed, Golden Sececio, ragwort, uncum root, waw weed, uncum, false valerian, cough weed, female regulator, cocash weed, ragweed, staggerwort, and St...
or Packera aurea, golden ragwort - Senecio cambrensisSenecio cambrensisSenecio cambrensis is a flowering plant of the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the United Kingdom and currently known only from North Wales...
, Welsh ragwort - Senecio erucifolius, Hoary ragwort
- Senecio jacobaea, (tansy) ragwort, a very common wild flower in Europe, widely naturalised elsewhere
- Senecio squalidusSenecio squalidusOxford Ragwort , is a member of the Senecio genus in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is a yellow-flowered herbaceous plant, native to mountainous, rocky or volcanic areas, that has managed to find other homes on man-made and natural piles of rocks, war-ruined neighborhoods and even on stone walls...
, Oxford ragwort - Senecio viscosusSenecio viscosusSenecio viscosus, commonly known as Sticky Groundsel, is a herbaceous annual plant of the genus Senecio....
, sticky ragwort
- Senecio ampullaceus
- Certain members of the genus PackeraPackeraPackera is a genus of about 64 species of plants in the composite family, Asteraceae. Its members were previously included in the genus Senecio , but were divided out based on chromosome numbers, a variety of morphological characters, and molecular phylogeny.-Species:*Packera anonyma W.A. Weber & A...
including:- Packera obovataPackera obovataPackera obovata, a species of Ragwort, is an erect perennial herb native to Eastern North America. The plant was previously called Senecio obovatus....
, Roundleaf ragwort
- Packera obovata
- Certain members of the genus RugeliaRugeliaRugelia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae....
including:- Rugelia nudicaulisRugelia nudicaulisRugelia nudicaulis, or Rugels ragwort, a member of the genus Rugelia which blooms in summer, is a wildflower found only at higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is a rare species in Tennessee. It was first placed in the genus Senecio, then moved to Cacalia and finally placed in a...
, Rugels ragwort, a wildflower found only in the Great Smoky Mountains
- Rugelia nudicaulis