Jacobaea aquatica
| Jacobaea aquatica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Jacobaea |
| Species: | J. aquatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Jacobaea aquatica (Hill) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. | |
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Jacobaea aquatica or Senecio aquaticus, marsh ragwort, is a plant of the Asteraceae family. It is a perennial or biennial plant: young plants form a rosette near the ground, eventually producing a taller flowering shoot with many bright yellow flower heads, each with prominent ray florets. It grows in damp, grazed grassland, especially where there has been some disturbance.
Biogeography
Jacobaea aquatica is endemic to Europe. It may be found throughout the continent, except Finland and Eastern Europe. There are small populations in the European part of Turkey and on Svalbard.
Sources
- The Global Compositae Checklist
- The Plant List
- http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?450254 - USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Jacobaea aquatica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 08-Apr-12.