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Asteraceae

Nodding ragwort

Senecio bigelovii A.Gray

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Senecio

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Nodding ragwort: Senecio bigelovii var. hallii on Escudilla Mountain, 33.929 -109.116, Apache County, Arizona, 3 Aug 2013.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Nodding ragwort, Nodding groundsel

Synonyms

  • Ligularia bigelovii subsp. bigelovii
  • Ligularia bigelovii var. bigelovii

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.