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Senecio viscosus
FamilyGenus: Greiskräuternative in Germany
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Interactions
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Host relationships
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About this species
Senecio viscosus is an introduced, established herbaceous plant in Great Britain, bearing broad leaves and flowering from June to October.
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PollinationLarval hostFlower visit
Ecological significance
In Great Britain, this plant is introduced and established. No further impact data are available.
Annual cycle
Flowering occurs from June to October.
Standort & Merkmale
Light
Sonne
Moisture
Frisch (Mäßig feucht)
Soil
Mittelzehrer (Normaler Boden)
Flowering period
Jun – Okt
Soil reaction
Mäßig sauer bis neutral
Bioregion
Continental
Growth form
Krautige Pflanze
Woodiness
Nicht verholzt
Leaf type
Breitblättrig
Plant height
0.286 m
Morphological traits: TRY ID3 (CC BY 3.0) & TRY ID81 (CC BY)
Pflege & Anbau
Provide full sun and moderately moist, average soil.
Scientific profile
In Great Britain Senecio viscosus is an introduced, established species. It is a herbaceous, non-woody plant growing to about 0.29 metres in height, with broad leaves. The plant typically occurs in full sun, on moderately moist, average soils. Ellenberg indicator values place it in sunny (light value 8), fresh (moisture value 4), neutral to slightly acid (reaction value 6) conditions with moderate nutrient levels (value 5) and low disturbance (severity 0.7). It is intolerant of salt. The plant forms arbuscular mycorrhizal associations. Flowering extends from June to October.
Pollinators & visitors
5 Arten interagieren mit dieser Pflanze
Vanessa virginiensisEuphydryas desfontainiiMelitaea aetherieMelitaea phoebeMelitaea varia
Host relationships
2 species use this plant as a host
Heliothis viriplacaHeliothis peltigera
Other flower visitors
3 other species visit the flowers
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Middleton-Welling_2020
•FloraWeb / BfN
•EIVE 1.0 — Dengler et al. (2023), DOI: 10.3897/VCS.98324 (CC BY 4.0)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•TRY Categorical Traits (ID3) — Kattge et al. (2012), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.3 (CC BY 3.0)
•TRY Global Spectrum (ID81) — Díaz et al. (2016/2021), DOI: 10.17871/TRY.81 (CC BY)
•Govaerts R et al. (2025) — World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) v14. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. DOI: 10.34885/xs7h-ze42 (CC BY 4.0)
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