Asteraceae
Wood ragwort
Senecio ovatus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Senecio
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Common names
By language (15)
- Czech
- Starček vejčitý, Starček Fuchsův, Kycol
- Dutch
- Schaduwkruiskruid
- English
- Wood ragwort
- Finnish
- Harsuvillakko
- French
- Séneçon de Fuchs, Senecon de Fuchs
- German
- Fuchssches Greiskraut, Fuchs' Greiskraut, Fuchs-Greiskraut, Fuchs’ Greiskraut, Kahles Hain-Greiskraut
- Hausa
- Nau'in shuka
- Hungarian
- Lilásszárú aggófű
- Italian
- Senecione di Fuchs
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Grisnesvineblom
- Polish
- Starzec Fuchsa, Starzec jajowaty
- Slovak
- Starček Fuchsov
- Spanish
- Séneçon de Fuchs
- Swedish
- Glesstånds
- Welsh
- Creulys y coed
Synonyms
- Jacobaea ovata G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
- Senecio fuchsii C.C.Gmel.
- Senecio fuchsii subsp. fuchsii
- Senecio nemorensis subsp. fuchsii (C.Gmelin) Celak
- Senecio sarracenicus Minderova
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- Madagascar ragwortSenecio madagascariensisAsteraceae
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). About our plant data.