Asteraceae
Sticky ragwort
Senecio viscosus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Senecio
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Common names
By language (6)
- Czech
- Starček lepkavý
- Dutch
- Kleverig kruiskruid
- English
- Sticky ragwort, Sticky groundsel
- Finnish
- Tahmavillakko
- French
- Seneçon visqueux, Séneçon visqueux
- German
- Klebriges Greiskraut
Synonyms
- Obaejaca viscosa Cass.
- Senecio calvertii Boiss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Udo Schmidt from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.