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Tansy Ragwort | Senecio jacobaea

May contain: daisy, flower, plant, grass, pollen, vegetation, apiaceae, herbal, and herbs
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: animal, insect, invertebrate, herbs, plant, bee, and wasp
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: flower, plant, vegetation, herbal, and herbs
Photo Credit: Leslie J. Mehrhoff
May contain: daisy, flower, plant, grass, pollen, vegetation, apiaceae, herbal, and herbs
May contain: animal, insect, invertebrate, herbs, plant, bee, and wasp
May contain: flower, plant, vegetation, herbal, and herbs

Biennial or short-lived perennial; branching flower stalks with bright yellow flowers. Stems are a purplish-red in color. Leaves are dark green and deeply lobed.

Plant Details

Habitat NotesFields, roadsides, creek bottom land, pastures, forest clear-cuts and distubed sites.
Mature Height1-6’