Senecio

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Senecio | image = senecio.greyii.750pix.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Senecio greyii, a shrub about 0.8 meters across. | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Asterales | familia = Asteraceae | genus = Senecio | genus_authority = L. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }}

The Genus Senecio of the daisy family (Family Asteraceae) includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters. Though of late the genus has been reviewed and split up, it still contains a vast number of species (about 1,500) of extremely wide form including leaf succulents, stem and tuber succulents, annuals, perennials, aquatic forms, climbers, shrubs and small trees. Some species produce natural pesticides (especially alkaloids) to deter or even kill animals that would eat them.

Senecio species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Senecio.

Species

Reference

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