Senecio glaucus
Species of flowering plant
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Senecio glaucus is an annual member of the Asteraceae and species of the genus Senecio. It is found from the western Mediterranean to Central Asia in sandy, well-drained soil, particularly coastal and desert dunes. [3]
| Senecio glaucus | |
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| Jaffa groundsel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Senecio |
| Species: | S. glaucus |
| Binomial name | |
| Senecio glaucus | |
| Subspecies[1] | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Senecio coronopifolius Desf.[2]
Senecio joppensis Dinsm.[3] | |
Common names
Distribution and habitat
Found in sandy soils of coastal plains, strands, and steppes.[5][6]
- Native to the Palearctic
- Middle East: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey - Anatolia
- Macaronesia: Canary Islands - Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote, Tenerife
- East Europe: Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Kalmykiya
- Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, Sicily
- Southwestern Europe: Balearic Islands, France, Portugal, Spain
- Western Asia: Israel
- India:Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
- Caucasus: Adygea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia–Alania, Stavropol Krai
- Central Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan[2][3]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are accepted.[1]
- Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius (Maire) C.Alexander (synonyms S. chrysanthemifolius DC., S. coronopifolius Desf., S. desfontainei Druce, S. gallicus subsp. coronopifolius Maire, S. glaucus subsp. hyblaeus Brullo, S. lacerus Boiss., S. laxiflorus Viv., S. noeanus Rupr.) – Sicily, Malta, and Canary Islands to Sahara, western and Central Asia, Caucasus, and western Himalayas[7]
- Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius Meikle – western and southwestern Cyprus[8]
- Senecio glaucus subsp. glaucus (synonym S. joppensis Dinsm.) – Egypt, Sinai, and the Levant[9]
