Common Ragwort The plant is biennial or perennial.
Stems are erect, straight, hairless, reaching a height of 1-6 ft. The
leaves are oblong-obovate, up to 15 x 3-4 cm, papery, pinnately lobed
and the end lobe is blunt. The many names that include the word
"stinking" arise because of the unpleasant smell of the leaves.
Flower-heads are up to 2.5 cm across, with yellow ray florets around a
centre of yellow disc florets, a ring of narrow green bracts below, and
a few short bractlets at the base of the involucre. Ray florets are 12
to 15; yellow, oblong, 8-10 x 2-2.5 mm, 4-veined, 3-finely toothed at
tip. Flowers are borne in a flat-topped cluster, of up to 60
flower-heads. Common Ragwort is found in meadows, lax forests in Europe
to Siberia and Caucasus, Morocco, at altitudes of 500-2000 m. It has
naturalized in Kashmir. Flowering: June-November.
Identification credit: Shakir Ahmad
Photographed in Kashmir.
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