Senecio glaucus L.

Senecio glaucus is an annual member of the Asteraceae and species of the genus Senecio. It is found from the western Mediterranean to Central Asia in sandy, well-drained soil, particularly coastal and desert dunes. ^[2]

Common names

• English: Jaffa groundsel,^[4] Buck's horn groundsel^[5]
• Arabic: شيخة رمادية or جرجار^[5]
• Hebrew: סַבְיוֹן יָפוֹ,סַבְיוֹן הָעֲרָבוֹת^[2]

Distribution

Found in sandy soils of coastal plains, strands, and steppes.^[4][5]

Native to the Palearctic:

Middle East: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey - Anatolia

Macaronesia: Canary Islands - Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote, Tenerife

East Europe: Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Kalmykiya

Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, Sicily

Southwestern Europe: Balearic Islands, France, Portugal, Spain

Western Asia: Israel

India:Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir

Caucasus: Adygea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia–Alania, Stavropol Krai

Soviet Middle Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan^[1][2]

Subspecies and variety synonyms

• Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius (Maire) C. Alexander
• Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius Meikle
• Senecio glaucus L. subsp. glaucus
• Senecio coronopifolius Desf. var. calyculatus Emb. & Maire
• Senecio gallicus Chaix var. laxiflorus (Viv.) DC.
• Senecio gallicus Chaix subsp. coronopifolius (Desf.) Maire^[1][2][3]

References