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Senecio jacobaea L.
stinking willie

       
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Line Drawing of Senecio jacobaea L.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 542. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Images:
Senecio jacobaea L.

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Distribution:
Senecio jacobaea L.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MT, NJ, NY, OR, PA, WA, WY), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Senecio jacobaea L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 68 species in Senecio
 

Classification:
Senecio jacobaea L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Senecio L. – ragwort
Species Senecio jacobaea L. – stinking willie
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Senecio jacobaea L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arizona:
tansy ragwort              Prohibited noxious weed
California:
tansy ragwort              B list (noxious weeds)
Colorado:
tansy ragwort              A list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut:
tansy ragwort              Potentially invasive, banned
Idaho:
tansy ragwort              Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
tansy ragwort, stinking Willie              Prohibited
Montana:
tansy ragwort              Category 2 noxious weed
Oregon:
tansy ragwort              "B" designated weed
tansy ragwort              Quarantine
Washington:
tansy ragwort              Class B noxious weed
tansy ragwort              Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine1
tansy ragwort              Quarantine1
 
1 in hay
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Senecio jacobaea L.

ragwort
tansy ragwort

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC        California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
SWSS        Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Senecio jacobaea L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Senecio jacobaea L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU* NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FACU* NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Senecio jacobaea L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36089.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 

Related Web Sites:
Senecio jacobaea L.

Idaho One Plan: noxious abstract & images

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

MA-Massachusetts Non-Native Plant Introductions

MT-Center for Invasive Plant Management

NY-Cornell University: Poisonous Plant Databases (images)

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

Victoria - Natural Resources & Environment: Landcare Notes

WA-King County Noxious Weeds

 
 
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