Common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris L.) is not invasive, despite being a non-native that can become a significant pest. The weed is technically an annual, but it has the ability to germinate and ...

It’s hard to miss the silky white tufts that appear on the groundsel tree, each one almost floating against the backdrop of fall’s clear blue skies.“In late October, the female plant ...

Common groundsel, the first of many Read more: " Unnatural selection: How humans are driving evolution " The weedkillers atrazine and simazine were introduced in 1958. Ten years later ...

Strategy: This is an annual weed that invades landscapes, gardens, edges of agricultural fields and other highly disturbed areas. Its multiple stems grow to about 18 inches tall. The leaves are ...

Unfortunately, it also controls common groundsel, which to me are lovely wildflowers that cover my field with a welcome mass of yellow each year. Before purchasing any herbicides in hopes of ...

Groundsel is especially common at present because it has a low tolerance of drought conditions and is frost resistant. Consequently, it comes to the fore in winter when many other plants are under ...

A NONDESCRIPT weed found on waste ground in York by a plant scientist from St Andrews University has been named Britain's newest plant species.

It is a natural hybrid of two relatively common plants, native groundsel and Oxford ragwort, but it is unusual because hybrids are not normally fertile, Mr Shaw said. "We instantly got a new ...

Groundsel is an abundant native wild plant, a troublesome weed and a traditional green food for cage birds. Closely related to Ragwort, another troublesome weed, Groundsel is in bloom at the ...