Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Plants › Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies

Broom-like Ragwort

Senecio spartioides

Learn Broom-like Ragwort freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) silverjoy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

26 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 65, February 51, March 70, April 136, May 207, June 124, July 116, August 158, September 498, October 123, November 58, December 55.
United States2,438
Colorado1,281
New Mexico471
Utah375
Arizona240
California230
Nevada195
Texas129
Wyoming32
Nebraska11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusgroundsels · Senecio

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Broom-like Ragwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works