Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Sticky Groundsel, Senecio viscosus, Grúnlas greamaitheach
Photographs: Foynes, Co. Limerick

Sticky Groundsel
Senecio viscosus
Grúnlas greamaitheach
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering June-September. Annual. Introduced.

Flowerheads with spreading yellow rays which roll back as the flowers wither, outer bracts usually dark-tipped. Hairless achenes. The whole plant covered in sticky glandular hairs that trap air-borne debris and dust

Found on waste ground, roadsides, ports and rubbish tips on free-draining, disturbed ground and often associated with railway ballast. Scattered distribution but most frequent in north-east Ireland.

Similar: Heath Groundsel, Senecio sylvaticus

Sticky Groundsel, Senecio viscosus, Grúnlas greamaitheach

Sticky Groundsel, Senecio viscosus, Grúnlas greamaitheach
Sticky Groundsel, Senecio viscosus, Grúnlas greamaitheach

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