West Highland Flora

Marsh Ragwort


Senecio aquaticus

 

Senecio aquaticus

Photo © Carl Farmer
27 July 2002 Portree, Skye

Common in damp grassland, marshy areas and beside burns.

Flower diameter c 2.5-3 cm

ID: Lower stem leaves with large terminal lobe, much larger than side lobes.

Other features: Flowerhead arrangement much looser than Common Ragwort, which has groups of flowerheads packed together all on the same level.  Involucral tube broader than long.  Bracts not black-tipped.

 

  Senecio aquaticus

Photo © Carl Farmer
27 July 2002 Portree, Skye
 

 
  Lower leaves showing large terminal lobe  
     
     
  Senecio aquaticus

Photo © Carl Farmer
27 July 2002 Portree, Skye
 

 
  Showing involucral bracts and shape of tube  


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