Seasonal Wild Flowers

Hoary Ragwort

Senecio erucifolius

Asteraceae

July to September

It is found throughout the country except for parts of

the North and the far Southwest.

See the BSBI distribution map for Hoary Ragwort

It grows in hay meadows and pastures, round fields,

by roads and railways, and on waste land, shingle

and sand dunes.

Hoary Ragwort is a native, grey, downy, stoloniferous,

perennial herb, growing up to 1.2m.

Flowerheads are up to 2cm, with 12-14 yellow ray

florets.

Bracts are green tipped and downy, with the outer

bracts almost half as long as the rest.

Basal stem leaves are stalked, upper leaves clasp

the stem.

Leaves are downy, greyish and deeply pinnatifid.

Stems are slightly cotony and shallowly furrowed.

Hoary Ragwort, hay meadow,

Cogden, Dorset

Emerging flowerheads

Flowerheads - 12 ray florets

Downy, green-tipped bracts

Leaves and stems