Hoary ragwort
Jacobaea erucifolia (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
Jacobaea erucifolia is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte in the Asteraceae family, native to temperate Eurasia, including Europe, Siberia, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, and Japan. It is commonly known as hoary ragwort.
Description
Jacobaea erucifolia (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. is a flowering plant species in the genus Jacobaea, originally described in 1801. It is native to a wide range including parts of Europe, the Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, and various regions of China. The species is characterized as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and is commonly referred to as hoary ragwort in English. The specific epithet was initially omitted in the protologue but was later corrected in the Errata as 'erucifolia'.
Other common names
Hoary ragwort
Distribution
NO · SE · DK · conterminous 48 United States · Belgium · Flemish Region · Walloon Region · Albania · Altay · Austria · Baltic States · Belarus · Bulgaria · Buryatiya · Central European Rus · China North-Central · China South-Central · China Southeast · Chita · Corse · Czechoslovakia · Denmark · East European Russia · France · Germany · Great Britain · Greece · Hungary · Inner Mongolia · Iran
