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Common Groundsel [Senecio vulgaris]

Flower       Flower      

Common Name: Common Groundsel
Scientic Name: Senecio vulgaris
Colors: Yellow
Months Appearing: October

Flower head without ray flowers. ( petals) Disk about 1/4 inch in dia. Greenish yellow. Black spots on bracts.

Leaves are simple and alternate. 1-4 inches long by 3/4 inch wide. Pinnately lobed. Lower leaves  largest becoming smaller as rise on stalk.

Stem is hollow. green-redish.

A weed in the garden of doctors office. Disturbed areas. 10/24, 2538, 2839