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Senecio cambrensis Rosser

Welsh groundsel (Asteraceae / Compositae)

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Senecio cambrensis arose through autopolyploidisation of the hybrid between Senecio vulgaris and Senecio squalidus; it grows on kerbsides in North Wales and formerly in Leith.

Chirk (VC50: Denbighshire); 2019-06-01

 Welsh groundsel / Senecio cambrensis: _Senecio cambrensis_ arose through autopolyploidisation of the hybrid between _Senecio vulgaris_ and _Senecio squalidus_; it grows on kerbsides in North Wales and formerly in Leith.

The flower-heads of Senecio cambrensis have short ligules, and are large like those of Senecio squalidus, but cylindrical like those of Senecio vulgaris.

Chirk (VC50: Denbighshire); 2019-06-01

 Welsh groundsel / Senecio cambrensis: The flower-heads of _Senecio cambrensis_ have short ligules, and are large like those of _Senecio squalidus_, but cylindrical like those of _Senecio vulgaris_.

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