Senecio glaucus

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|image = Senecio glaucus Kuwait.jpg

|image_caption = Jaffa groundsel

|taxon = Senecio glaucus

|authority = L.

|subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

|subdivision =

Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius {{small|(Maire) C.Alexander}}
Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius {{small|Meikle}}
Senecio glaucus subsp. glaucus

|subdivision_ref = {{cite web |title=Senecio glaucus L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:245311-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 August 2024}}

|synonyms =

Senecio coronopifolius Desf.{{GRIN | accessdate = 2008-04-22 }}

Senecio joppensis Dinsm.{{cite web

| url = http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=128220&PTRefFk=7000000

| title = Details for: Senecio glaucus

| access-date = 2008-04-22

| author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem

| authorlink = Botanical Garden in Berlin

| work = Euro+Med PlantBase

| publisher = Freie Universität Berlin

}}

Senecio ruepellii Sch.Bip.

Senecio desfontainei Druce

Senecio laxiflorus Viv.

Senecio subdentatus Ledeb{{cite web

| url = http://www.aluka.org/action/showCompilationPage?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.SENECIO.GLAUCUS&tab=synonymy

| title = Senecio glaucus L. subsp. coronopifolius (Maire) C.Alexander [family COMPOSITAE]

| access-date = 2008-04-22

| author = Aluka

| authorlink = Aluka

| work = African Plants

| publisher = Ithaka Harbors, Inc

}}

Senecio glaucus is an annual member of the Asteraceae and species of the genus Senecio. It is found from the western Mediterranean to Central Asia in sandy, well-drained soil, particularly coastal and desert dunes.

Common names

{{langx|en|Jaffa groundsel,{{cite web |title=Senecio joppensis, Jaffa Groundsel |url=http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Seneciojoppensis_page.htm |publisher=Flowers in Israel |access-date=2015-05-10}} Buck's horn groundsel{{cite web |title=Senecio glaucus, Senecio desfontainei, Buck's horn groundsel |url=http://www.flowersinisrael.com/Senecioglaucus_page.htm |publisher=Flowers in Israel |access-date=2015-05-10}}}}
{{langx|ar|شيخة رمادية or جرجار or النوير }}

Distribution and habitat

Found in sandy soils of coastal plains, strands, and steppes.

;Native to the Palearctic:

:Middle East: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey - Anatolia

:Macaronesia: Canary Islands - Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote, Tenerife

:East Europe: Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Kalmykiya

:Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, Sicily

:Southwestern Europe: Balearic Islands, France, Portugal, Spain

:Western Asia: Israel

:India:Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir

:Caucasus: Adygea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia–Alania, Stavropol Krai

:Central Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Subspecies

Three subspecies are accepted.

Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius {{small|(Maire) C.Alexander}} (synonyms S. chrysanthemifolius {{small|DC.}}, S. coronopifolius {{small|Desf.}}, S. desfontainei {{small|Druce}}, S. gallicus subsp. coronopifolius {{small|Maire}}, S. glaucus subsp. hyblaeus {{small|Brullo}}, S. lacerus {{small|Boiss.}}, S. laxiflorus {{small|Viv.}}, S. noeanus {{small|Rupr.}}) – Sicily, Malta, and Canary Islands to Sahara, western and Central Asia, Caucasus, and western Himalayas{{cite web |title=Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius (Maire) C.Alexander |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:878279-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 August 2024}}
Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius {{small|Meikle}} – western and southwestern Cyprus{{cite web |title=Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius Meikle |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:918041-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 August 2024}}
Senecio glaucus subsp. glaucus (synonym S. joppensis {{small|Dinsm.}}) – Egypt, Sinai, and the Levant{{cite web |title=Senecio glaucus subsp. glaucus Dinsm.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77180565-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 August 2024}}