This is a common plant seen standing tall in rough pasture,
Senecio jacobaea NT0022 20Aug2017 PW
You can often identify Ragwort just from the leaves in a rosette.
Senecio jacobaea NS5563 22Oct17 PW
The leaves are distinctive and allow this plant to be identified even when mown flat.
Senecio jacobaea NT0022 20Aug2017 PW
Senecio squalidus 31Aug12 NS5765 PW
Senecio squalidus 31Aug12 NS5765 PW
Senecio squalidus 31Aug12 NS5765 PW
Senecio aquaticus NS7536 07June2019 PW
Senecio aquaticus NS7536 07June2019 PW
Senecio aquaticus NS8068 8Sep2020 PW
Senecio inaequidens 25July2017 NS5565 MP
Senecio inaequidens NS5666 25Jul2017 PW
Senecio inaequidens NS5666 25Jul2017 PW
Senecio inaequidens NS5666 25Jul2017 PW
Senecio inaequidens NS5666 25Jul2017 PW
Senecio inaequidens NS5666 25Jul2017 PW
Senecio inaequidens NS6162 21Sep2018 PW
Senecio vulgaris 23Apr2017 NS5957 MP
Senecio vulgaris 23Apr2017 NS5957 MP
Senecio sylvaticus NT0021 20Aug2017 MP
Senecio viscosus NS6765 23Jul2017 PW
Senecio viscosus NS6765 23Jul2017 PW
Senecio viscosus NS6765 23Jul2017 PW
Senecio viscosus NS5866 17Feb2018 PW
Senecio viscosus NS5866 17Feb2018 PW
Senecio viscosus NS5866 17Feb2018 PW
Senecio erucifolius NS6361 07Oct2018 MP
Senecio erucifolius NS6361 07Oct2018 MP
Senecio erucifolius NS6361 07Oct2018 MP
Senecio sarracenius NS7155 17Sep2005 MP
Senecio sarracenicus NS6163 22Sep2018 PW
The stem are sessile and serrated.
Senecio sarracenicus NS6163 22Sep2018 PW
Senecio family - Ragworts and Groundsels
Senecio jacobaea – Common Ragwort
Senecio squalidus – Oxford Ragwort
Senecio aquaticus - Marsh Ragwort
Senecio inaequidens – Narrow-leafed Ragwort
Senecio vulgaris – Groundsel
Senecio sylvaticus – Heath Groundsel
This has fewer glandular hairs than S. viscosus but more useful differences are 13 involucral bracts and hairy / pubescent achenes. It also has more consistently revolute ray-florets.
Senecio viscosus – Sticky Groundsel
This plant is usually dirty with lots of fine grit and soil attached to the leaves and stem due to glandular sticky hairs. It has 20 involucral bracts and glabrous achenes.
Senecio erucifolius - Hoary Groundsel
Senecio sarracenicus - Broad-leaved Ragwort