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Senecio is a very diverse genus with annual to perennial, herbaceous to evergreen species, some having succulent leaves and stems.

 


Senecio Cineraria
The best-known shrubby member of this very large and varied genus is Senecio greyii, a grey-leaved evergreen about 3 ft. high and becoming considerably broader than this with age.

Senecio
Brachyglottis 'Sunshine' (Dunedin Group)
Genus: Brachyglottis
Cultivar: 'Sunshine' (Dunedin Group) ...

Senecio
Family: Asteraceae.
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Senecio mweroensis ssp. leptophyllus
Scientific Name: Senecio mweroensis ssp. leptophyllus (C. Jeffrey) G.D. Rowley
Synonym: Senecio leptophyllus
Family: Asteraceae ...

Senecio cineraria
( Dusty Miller )
This annual is grown for its attractive silver-grey foliage and mounding form. Can over winter and act like a perennial in warmer areas, or if mulched heavily. Shear or pinch back plants if they become leggy.

Senecio aureus
Golden Groundsel
Golden daisies over shiny green, toothed basal leaves in May. Strong bloom even in the shade. A strong groundcover where happy and an excellent cut flower. Self seeds and naturalizes.

Common name: Blazing Glory, Mountain-fire
Botanical name: Senecio cephalophorus Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Kleinia cephalophora ...

Senecio fremontii variety blitoides
Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
This lovely Senecio forms beautifully symmetrical, rounded clusters to several feet in diameter on bare gravel and rock and on scree slopes.

Senecio cineraria is a mound forming subshrub that is grown as an annual in cool areas and in areas that experience wet summers. The leaves are silver-gray and woolly, like felt. They are shallowly to deeply incised.

also known as Senecio elaeagnifolia - Brachyglottis
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Genus: Senecio
Description
Plant height: 30-150 cm tall.
Growth habit: stout perennial from fibrous roots or
rhizomes, often in large clumps.
Stems: erect, unbranched, leafy.
Leaves: alternate, numerous, largest near middle of ...

Common Name: Round-leaved Ragwort
Latin Name: Senecio obovatus
Habitat: Wet meadows, swamps, moist woods
Blooms: Spring, early summer ...

Senecio cassinioides - see Brachyglottis cassinioides
Senecio elaeagnifolius - see Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia
Senecio ‘Moira Read' - see Brachyglottis ‘Moira Read' ...

Senecio x hybridus
Plants of Home and Garden
Sow indoors, 70-80F/21-27C, uncovered. Germination erratic. Set out when true leaves have appeared. A good indoor plant if provided with cool temperatures of 65F/18C or less, good indirect light.

Senecio cineraria 'Silver Dust' dusty miller
biennial, easy care
created by ladybug
zones: 7a thru 10b ...

Senecio Campestris
Senecio Campestris - A native plant, only worth growing in its scarcer form maritima (syn., S. spathulaefolius), found wild with us in a few spots, but only common in the south of Europe.

Senecio rowleyanus has small spherical leaves about 1/4 inch in diameter. These are strung on thin stems like beads of a necklace.

Senecio jacobaea L.
Sources: GRIN[1] UniProt,[2] IPNI[3]
Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea) is a very common wild flower in the family Asteraceae that is native to northern Eurasia, usually in dry, open places, ...

Senecio aureus (L)
Synonyms: golden senecio, squaw weed, golden groundsel, cocash weed, coughweed, ragwort, golden ragwort, grundy swallow
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Senecio spp.
(daisy family)
TOXICITY RATING: High. Senecio is very toxic both fresh and in hay, affected animals often die.

Senecio squarrosus and other 'lost' threatened flora of south-east NSW - recovery plan (PDF - 294KB)
Swamp Groundsel - profile
Scientific name: Senecio squarrosus
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered ...

Senecio confusus
(syn. Pseudogynoxis chenopodiodes)
Intense orange, 2" daisy-like blooms with yellow centers are borne on a vigorous twining vine. Blooming spring to fall.

Senecio is derived from Senex (an old man), in reference to the hoary pappus, which in this order represents the calyx; Erechtites comes from the ancient name of some troublesome Groundsel.

Senecio cineraria
sen EE see o sin er AR ee a
Dusty miller
Solenostemon scutellarioides
So len oh STEE mon sku tah lair ee OI deez ...

Senecio pauperculus, Northern Ragwort
Smilacina spp, False Solomon's Seals
racemosa, False Solomon's Seal
stellata, Starry False Solomon's Seal
trifolia, Bog False Solomon's Seal ...

Senecio cineraria (syn. S. maritima), Asteraceae, DUSTY MILLER
Leaves alternate, 2-6 inches long, stiff, white-woolly, pinnately cut. Flowers are small, ½ inch diameter, yellow or cream colored, borne in corymb-like groups of 10-12 in late summer.

Senecio spp. Groundsel. Photographed along the northern California coast.
Senecio spp. Groundsel. Chatfield State Park. Denver, Colorado.
Senecio salignus. Willow Groundsel. Flowers give off a rotting smell to attract flies for pollination.

Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is not usually a significant problem in gardens, but its poisonous qualities can make it a serious weed of paddocks and gardens backing onto fields grazed by horses or cattle.
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Perennial, Senecio Cineraria
Dusty Miller are an easy to grow perennial. Dusty Miller is grown for it's silvery-gray, fern-like foliage.

Dusty Miller
Senecio cineraria
1 to 2'
1'
Sun or part shade; well-drained soil; tolerates moderate drought.

Hierba cana - Senecio vulgaris
Hierba cañamera - Althaea officinalis
Hierba carmín - Phytolacca americana
Hierba centella - Caltha palustris
Hierba cidrera - Lippia triphylla
Hierba cólica - Herniaria glabra
Hierba coral - Anagallis arvensis ...

ragwort; common groundsel Senecio vulgaris
raintree Samanea saman
Rangoon creeper Quisqualis indica
rattlegrass; rattlesnake chess Bromus briziformis
Ravenna grass Saccharum ravennae
reclining date palm; Senegal date palm Phoenix reclinata ...

Senecio aureus Packera aurea
Senecio gaspensis Packera paupercula
Senecio glabellus Packera glabella
Senna marilandica
Sensitive Plant, Wild
Sessile Trillium Toadshade Trillium
Shamrock Wood Sorrel
Sharplobe Hepatica Hepatica ...

Thus in Composite plants,such as hawkweeds (Hieracia) and ragworts (Senecio, fig. 21), the heads of flowers,Mixe d taken as a whole, are developed centrifugally, the terminal head first, while the florets, or small flowers on the receptacle, ...

(ground´sl), any plant of the very large genus Senecio, widely distributed herbs and (in the tropics) shrubs or trees of the family Asteraceae ( family). Many grow as vines.

Senecio greyi
Senegal Date Palm (Phoenix reclinata)
Senita (Pachycereus schottii)
Senkaki (Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku')
Sequoia gigantea (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Serbian Spruce (Picea omorika) ...

Senecio greyi) Asteraceae, Compositae
Broadleaf evergreen shrub, to 4-5 ft (1.2-1.5 m) tall and 6 ft (1.8 m) wide, stiff, somewhat curving stems. Leaves alternate, simple, oblong to ovate-oblong, 4-8 cm long and 2.

Senecio balsamitae (E)
Senecio pauperculus (E)
Senna hebecarpa (SC)
Sibbaldiopsis tridentata (E)
Silene stellata (SC)
Smilacina trifolia (T)
Solidago ptarmicoides (E)
Solidago rigida (E)
Spiranthes tuberosa (SC)
Stachys hyssopifolia (E) ...

Mabberley's The Plant Book I find that only four genera contain more species: Carex 2,000, Euphorbia 2,000, Astragalus 1,750, Senecio 1,250. Various other genera also have plants for which the common name acacia is used now and then.

Buddleia alternifolia - different to prune than the 'davidii types'
Buddleja - Buddleia - globosa
Brachyglottis (Senecio) - normal pruning
Brachyglottis (Senecio - hard pruning
Bride - The. Exochorda NOT Spiraea.

In this great combination A. americana accents a planting of blue Senecio mandraliscae that tumbles over a wall, as aloes and rosemary 'Severn Sea' grow behind.
Agaves: living sculptures
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Ligularia kaempferi. (DC.)Sieb.&Zucc. L. tussilaginea. (Burm.)Makino. Senecio kaempferi. DC. Tuss
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Senecio) 'Sunshine'. Whatever the name, the shrub is a real splendid yeoman type with silvery twelve-month foliage and a summer bonus of drifts of golden daisies.

Adding texture are several spiky dracaenas (Cordyline albertii) that contrast strikingly with white 'I Bless' reblooming iris. Silver dusty miller (Senecio cineraria 'New Look') adds yet another thread to the panoply of shapes, forms, and colors.

See also: May, Green, Aster, Daisy, Groundsel