DAISY FAMILY
Senecio vernalis (SPRING GROUNDSEL)
(Kanaryaotu) (Greiskraut)
Composite (Asteraceae)
Erect annual herbs, up to 40 cm. Basal leaves ovate to oblong, usually pinnatfid; middle and upper cauline similar but amplexicaul. Capitula radiate, borne in a lax corymb. Involucre cup-shaped.; phyllaries lanceolate. Ligules yellow, up to 9. Achenes subterete, beakless. Pappus white, scabrous. Poisionous. Fl. March-August. Sandy and waste places, fields, rocky slopes, s.l
C. & E. Europe, Balkans, S. Russia, Crimea, S.W. &.C. Asia.
