Senecio Squalidus

Senecio nebrodensis
Senecio laciniatus
Senecio rupestris
Senecio squalidus
Senecio squalidus
Senecio squalidus
Jacobaea incisa
Senecio glaber
Senecio incisus

Oxford Ragwort (Senecio squalidus), is a member of the Senecio genus in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is a yellow-flowered herbaceous plant, native to mountainous, rocky or volcanic areas, that has managed to find other homes on man-made and natural piles of rocks, war-ruined neighborhoods and even on stone walls. These habitats resemble its well drained natural rocky homeland. The plants have spread via the wind, rail and the activities of botanists. The travels and discriminative tendencies regarding propagation of this short-lived perennial, biennial, or winter annual make it a good subject for studies of the evolution and ecology of flowering plants.