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Common Groundsel

Senecio sylvaticus
not native

Grows in disturbed areas. This low, branched annual has pinnately divided and toothed leaves, the lower ones with stalks, the upper ones without. The heads are numerous and small, with no rays and minute yellow disc flowers.

The involucral bracts are uniform in length and have black tips.

This weed was introduced from Eurasia and has now spread over much of the Northwest. It is extremely prolific, continually producing large numbers of seeds during the growing season and becoming especially troublesome in moist cultivated fields and gardens.

 

 

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