Senecio

senecio

(Science: botany) A very large genus of composite plants including the groundsel and the golden ragwort.

Origin: L, groundsel, lit, an old man. So called in allusion to the hoary appearance of the pappus.

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Unless it's not a garden-variety plant... Still, somewhere in the Chyrsanthemum/Senecio/Artemesia/Centaurea world sounds reasonable.

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by AstusAleator: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:57 pm; Forum: Botany Discussion; Topic: Unidentified fern; Replies: 7; Views: 1534

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