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Senecio ovatus (P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb.) Willd.

wood ragwort (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Senecio ovatus is native to the central and southern Europe but has become naturalised in the Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale; it has inflorescences with a few straggly ligules, and leaves on short stalks.

Bergamo (BG), Italy; 2018-07-13

 wood ragwort / Senecio ovatus: _Senecio ovatus_ is native to the central and southern Europe but has become naturalised in the Forest of Bowland and Ribblesdale; it has inflorescences with a few straggly ligules, and leaves on short stalks.

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