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Senecio vulgaris is a species in the plant family Asteraceae, belonging to the genus Senecio. It is classified within the order Asterales and the class Magnoliopsida. The species is also known by common names such as Common groundsel, Groundsel, and Gewöhnliches Greiskraut. Its taxonomic authority is cited as L., and it produces fruit of the achene type.
The taxon has a native range that includes Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, and the Baltic States, among other regions. Specific records also note its presence in China, Shanghai, and the Tibet Autonomous Region. The species is documented as a medicinal plant.
Taxonomic databases list the species as accepted. Occurrence data indicates 676,475 records, while iDigBio holds 8,267 records, including 5,783 media files from institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums in Canada.
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Species
Common groundsel
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
欧洲千里光（学名：Senecio vulgaris）是菊科千里光属的植物。分布于欧亚及北非洲以及中国大陆的辽宁、西藏、四川、吉林、云南、内蒙古、贵州等地，生长于海拔300米至2,300米的地区，多生长于草地、开旷山坡以及路旁，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8,267
- With media
- 5,783
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
- Recorded in
- Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Senecio
- Image
- Senecio vulgaris - Museo Tazzetti Herbarium 44-2024.tif
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Commons category
- Senecio vulgaris
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Senecio vulgaris
- taxon common name
- 闽粤千里光
- Commons gallery
- Senecio vulgaris
- has fruit type
- achene
- name
- sayn
- taxon range
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- short name
- S. vulgaris
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Senecio vulgaris, often known by the common names groundsel and old-man-in-the-spring, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb, native to the Palaearctic and widely naturalised as a ruderal species in suitable disturbed habitats worldwide.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Senecio vulgaris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.