Common Groundsel
Latin Name: | Senecio vulgaris |
Manx Name: | grunsyl |
Season: | January - December |
Locations where this species is found: | |
Ayres Port Soderick Glen Maye Bradda Head Clypse and Kerrowdhoo Port St Mary Maughold |
This common, hardy weed can often be found growing in cracks in pavements.
Common Groundsel is one of several plants that are known as "ragwort", and shouldn't be confused with Jacobaea vulgaris - the island's other "ragwort".
The Manx name for groundsel is "grunsyl".
Common Groundsel is one of several plants that are known as "ragwort", and shouldn't be confused with Jacobaea vulgaris - the island's other "ragwort".
The Manx name for groundsel is "grunsyl".