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Drone fly on ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris. In the United Kingdom, where the plant is native, ragwort provides a home and food source to at least 77 insect species. Thirty of these species of invertebrate use ragwort exclusively as their food source [18] and there are another 22 species where ragwort forms a significant part of their diet.
Longitarsus jacobaeae is a species of flea beetle known as the tansy ragwort flea beetle. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the nectar-rich noxious weed known as ragwort ( Senecio jacobaea reclassified as Jacobaea vulgaris ).
Jacobaea vulgaris, (common) ragwort or, only in the USA tansy ragwort, a very common wild flower in Europe, widely naturalised elsewhere; Jacobaea aquatica, water ragwort, marsh ragwort; Jacobaea erucifolia, Hoary ragwort; Certain members of the genus Packera including: Packera obovata, Roundleaf ragwort; Packera aurea, golden ragwort
Common ragwort is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Jacobaea vulgaris, native to northern Eurasia; Pericallis × hybrida
Common ragwort - Jacobaea vulgaris, and some other plants of the genus Jacobaea (once called cankerweed). Rattlewort - rattlebox, Crotalaria sagittalis. Ribwort - Plantago lanceolata. Hen plant. English plantain, the common plantain introduced into the United States from Europe. Rosewort - A plant of the rose family, Rosaceae.
Hoary ragwort Jacobaea maritima (formerly Senecio cineraria) Silver ragwort * Jacobaea paludosa: Fen ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris (formerly Senecio jacobaea) Common ragwort Senecio cambrensis: Welsh groundsel Senecio doria: Golden ragwort * Senecio doronicum: Chamois ragwort * Senecio grandiflorus: Purple ragwort * Senecio inaequidens: Narrow ...
Senecio vulgaris, often known by the common names groundsel [3]: 764 and old-man-in-the-spring, [4] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an annual herb , native to the Palaearctic and widely naturalised as a ruderal species in suitable disturbed habitats worldwide.
All the species listed apart from ragwort are edible and appear in Richard Mabey's book Food for Free. They are all native plants. These are: Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare) Creeping, or field, thistle (Cirsium arvense) Curled dock (Rumex crispus) Broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) Common ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris)