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Senecio
vulgaris, an annual European herb, grows wild in fields
or roadsides. Stems and leaves feel soft, and the former
branches grow well to approximately 30cm tall. Leaves are of
alternate phyllotaxy, inordinately and pinnately cleft. Flower
heads are yellow and typically consist of only tubular flowers;
ligulate flowers are rare. Involucres are 0.8- 1 cm long and
tubular, with bractlets at the bases. Pappuses are white. Bloom
time: January-December.
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