Genus: Senecio

ragwort

This key includes a species sometimes placed in the genus Hasteola, and excludes a species that is now treated in the genus Jacobaea. References: Barkley (2006), Pelser et al. (2007).

Family

Asteraceae (aster family)

This Genus’s Species in New England:

• Senecio spartioides
• Senecio suaveolens
• Senecio sylvaticus
• Senecio viscosus
• Senecio vulgaris

Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key