johnbotany's Identifications

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Senecio
Species: Senecio Vulgaris
Flower:
--> bracts present in a compact group
--> petals are yellow toward the exterior and white towards the base
--> the flowers are protected by numerous sepals
--> the others flower has a highly modified sepal, the pappus
--> the stem is erect and basal rossette leaves are present
--> leaves are simple with only one leaf per node
--> venation, scalariform
--> leaf shape is oblong
--> leaf apex is acute
--> (x 4 to 5 ) leaves at base
--> single stem, until further at the top where another stem branches from the main stem and produces an inflorescence.