Taxon: Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn.

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A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

AZ(as Senecio jacobaea)*°, CA(as Senecio jacobaea)*, CO(as Senecio jacobaea)*, CT(as Senecio jacobaea)*, ID(as Senecio jacobaea)*°, MA(as Senecio jacobaea)*, MT(as Senecio jacobaea)*°, OR(as Senecio jacobaea)*°, WA(as Senecio jacobaea)*°, WY°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• common ragwort   (Source: F GB Ire [as Senecio jacobaea]) – English
  
• jacobaea   (Source: Zander Ency [as Senecio jacobaea]) – English
  
• St. James'-wort   (Source: Noxweed Aust [as Senecio jacobaea]) – English
  
• staggerwort   (Source: Zander Ency [as Senecio jacobaea]) – English
  
• stinking Willie   (Source: F NAmer [as Senecio jacobaea]) – English
  
• tansy ragwort   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• gewöhnliches Jakobs-Greiskraut   (Source: Zander Ency [as Senecio jacobaea]) – German
  
• erva-lanceta-do-Canadá   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as Senecio jacobaea]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• stånds   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Senecio jacobaea)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury, as Senecio jacobaea; Cooper & Johnson ed2, as Senecio jacobaea; Lampe & McCann, as Senecio jacobaea; Pammel, as Senecio jacobaea; Everist, as Senecio jacobaea)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Econ Pl Aust, as Senecio jacobaea)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Jacobaea vulgaris from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Xinjiang
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Jiangsu
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Finland; Norway
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [n.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec; St. Pierre and Miquelon
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. [= Senecio jacobaea L.].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia. [= Senecio jacobaea].
• Pelser, P. B. et al. 2006. New combinations in Jacobaea Mill. (Asteraceae - Senecioneae). In: Källersjö, M., ed., Compositae newsletter. Columbus, OH [etc.]. 44:9.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Jacobaea vulgaris.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Jacobaea vulgaris.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Jacobaea vulgaris.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Senecio jacobaea L.
  

Check other web resources for Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn.:

• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruits: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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