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|accepted_name=Senecio vulgaris
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 867. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Common groundsel
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Senecio;Senecio vulgaris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Senecio]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Senecio vulgaris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 548, 563
|treatment_page=page 562
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> (10–)20–50(–60+) cm (taprooted). <b>Herbage</b> glabrous or sparsely and unevenly tomentose when young. <b>Stems</b> usually 1. <b>Leaves</b> evenly distributed; petiolate; blades ovate to oblanceolate, 2–10 × 0.5–2(–4) cm, bases tapered, margins lobulate to dentate, ultimate margins often secondarily dentate to denticulate (distal leaves sessile). <b>Heads</b> 8–20 in loose, corymbiform arrays. <b>Calyculi</b> of 2–4(–6+) bractlets (prominent, black-tipped, lengths about 1/4 phyllaries). <b>Phyllaries</b> ± 21, 4–6 mm, tips usually green, sometimes black. <b>Ray</b> florets 0. <b>Cypselae</b> usually sparsely hairy, sometimes nearly glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring (through summer in far North).
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=1–1000 m
|distribution=Probably Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Senecio vulgaris</i> has not been collected in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay.</p><!--
--><p>A widely scattered weed of Eurasian origin, <i>Senecio vulgaris</i> is particularly abundant in southern areas of cool damp winters or northern areas of cool damp summers.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Senecio vulgaris
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring (through summer in far North).
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=1–1000 m
|distribution=Probably Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Ala.;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Eurasia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_1253.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Senecio
|species=Senecio vulgaris
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