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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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Unidentified fern

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
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