Asteraceae
Madagascar ragwort
Senecio madagascariensis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Senecio
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 馬逹加斯加千里光, 马达加斯加千里光, 马岛千里光
- English
- Madagascar ragwort
- Japanese
- ナルトサワギク
- Korean
- 갯솜방망이
Synonyms
- Senecio bakeri Scott Elliot
- Senecio burchellii Cabrera
- Senecio incognitus Cabrera
- Senecio junodianus O.Hoffm.
- Senecio ruderalis Harv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Cam Neville, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sansumaria, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cabana carlos manuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Emilie F, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Jorge Ferreyra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Carturan Maurizio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Troy Pentecost, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Troy Pentecost, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.