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Senecio vulgaris - old man in the Spring, Old man of spring, common groundsel

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Senecio vulgaris Lifeform:
Annual herb
Family:
Asteraceae
Not Native
Elevation:
0 - 4921 feet
Wetland:
unlikely (NI*)
  Toxicity:
Minor, Dermatitis
© 2005 Steve Matson

Plant Communities:
Weed (disturbed places)

Distribution

Counties:
Alameda
Butte
Calaveras
Contra Costa
Colusa
Del Norte
El Dorado
Fresno
Glenn
Humboldt
Imperial
Kern
Lake
Los Angeles
Madera
Mendocino
Merced
Mono
Monterey
Mariposa
Marin
Napa
Nevada
Orange
Placer
Riverside
Sacramento
Santa Barbara
San Bernardino
San Benito
Santa Clara
San Diego
San Francisco
Shasta
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne
Ventura
Yolo
Yuba

Jepson Bioregions:
Warner Mountains
White and Inyo Mountains
North Coast
Klamath Ranges
North Coast Ranges
Cascade Range Foothills
High Cascade Range
Sierra Nevada Foothills
High Sierra Nevada
Tehachapi Mtns
Sacramento Valley
San Joaquin
Central Coast
SF Bay
South Coast Ranges
South Coast
Channel Islands
Transverse Ranges
Peninsular Ranges
Modoc Plateau
Sierra Nevada East