Groundsel

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Groundsel plants grow individually in turf, primarily favoring disturbed areas

Groundsel flowers in bloom. The flowers lack ray petals.

Goundsel produces a puffball after blooming

• Scientific Name: Senecio vulgaris L.

• Common Names: Common Groundsel (United States), Boton D'Or, Common Fireweed, Grimsel, Ground Glutton, Groundsel, Grundy Swallow, Hierba Cana, Kanaryaotu, Klein Kruiskruid, Old Man in the Spring, Peltovillakko, Ragwort, Senecione, Sention, Shikh Al Rabee, Simson, Sticky Groundsel, Stinking groundsel, Wood groundsel

• Climatic Zone: Temperate

• Geographic Distribution: North America, Europe, East Asia

• Life Cycle: Annual or Biennial

• Photosynthetic Apparatus: C3

• Major Identifying Characteristic: Multiple stems from base. Thick taproot. Compact clusters of flowers that lack petals. Puffball seedhead.