Jacobaea erucifolia (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., 1801

Common names

🇬🇧 Hoary Ragwort
🇫🇷 Jacobée à feuilles de roquette, Séneçon à feuilles de roquette

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Subtribe: Senecioninae
Genus: Jacobaea
Species: Jacobaea erucifolia

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with J. vulgaris Gaertn., 1791, whose outer involucral bracts are applied against the inner ones, while those of J. erucifolia are distant from the inner ones.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

J. erucifolia subsp. argunensis (Turcz.) Veldkamp, 2006;
J. erucifolia subsp. erucifolia
- var. erucifolia (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., 1801, P;
- var. tenuifolia (J.Presl & C.Presl) Vladimir., 2012, Q (het. syn. J. erucifolia subsp. tenuifolia (J.Presl & C.Presl) B.Nord. & Greuter, 2006);
J. erucifolia subsp. grandidentata (Ledeb.) V.V.Fateryga & Fateryga, 2021;
J. erucifolia subsp. praealta (Bertol.) Greuter & B.Nord., 2007.

Photographs

img/jacobaea-erucifolia.webp — *Jacobaea erucifolia*

img/jacobaea-erucifolia-2.webp — *Jacobaea erucifolia*

img/jacobaea-erucifolia-3.webp — *Jacobaea erucifolia*

img/jacobaea-erucifolia-4.webp — *Jacobaea erucifolia* - Cauline leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 531). Biotope.