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Groundsel

Genus: Senecio

Description:

Bright yellow, 12 petals.

Habitat:

Rural SW Pennsylvania

1 Species ID Suggestions

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago
Senecio sp


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2 Comments

Elton_Wizard
Elton_Wizard 11 years ago

Thank you, C.Sydes. That is a very interesting piece of info. Who woulda thunk it?

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

they look like petals but actually they're not, each one is a small flower referred to as a floret. The ray florets ("petals") are normally sterile while the tiny florets in the central disc are the fertile ones which produce the seeds

William_Dembowski
Spotted by
William_Dembowski

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Apr 27, 2012
Submitted on Apr 30, 2012

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