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Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn., 1791

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Common Ragwort
  • 🇫🇷 Jacobée commune, Senecon jacobée, Herbe de Saint-Jacques

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 vulgaris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with J. erucifolia (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., 1801, whose outer involucral bracts are distant from the inner ones, while those of J. vulgaris are applied against the inner ones.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • J. vulgaris subsp. dunensis (Dumort.) Pelser & Meijden, 2005;
  • J. vulgaris subsp. gotlandica (Neuman) B.Nord., 2006;
  • J. vulgaris subsp. pannonica Hodálová & Mered´a, 2014;
  • J. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
    • var. discoidea (Wimm. & Grab.) Verloove & Galasso, 2023;
    • var. vulgaris Gaertn., 1791, P.

Hybridizes with:

  • J. alpina (L.) Moench, 1794 to produce J. × reisachii (Grembl.) B.Bock, 2012, P;
  • J. maritima (L.) Pelser & Meijden, 2005 to produce J. × albescens (Burb. & Colgan) Verloove & Lambinon ex Verloove & Galasso, 2023, P.

Photographs

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Jacobaea vulgaris
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Jacobaea vulgaris
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Jacobaea vulgaris
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Jacobaea vulgaris - Flower buds
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Jacobaea vulgaris - Blooming flowers
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Jacobaea vulgaris - Cauline leaf

Sources

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