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Common Groundsel [Senecio vulgaris]

Flower      

Common Name: Common Groundsel
Scientic Name: Senecio vulgaris
Colors: Yellow
Months Appearing: August, September

Non-native. Up to 16 inches tall. Flowers similar to Pilewort.

Flowers lack florets just have yellow disc mostly hidden by bracts.

Leaves are pinnately lobed 2 1/2 inches by 1 inch. 

Hollow stem with fine hairs.

Disturbed areas. Parking lot in Big Rapids, MI., 9/6, 6655