MARSH RAGWORT 



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The stems are not so stout as in some other species of Ragwort, 

 but several small ones grow out of a short, often prostrate one, or the 

 plant may be tall and erect, like Common Ragwort. The radical 

 leaves are oval-oblong, entire, or rarely toothed, clasping, simple below, 



MARSH RAGWORT (Senecio aquaticus, Hill) 



and smooth. The stem-leaves have the lobes larger upwards and 

 deeply divided. 



The flowerheads are rayed and spreading, with elliptical florets, 

 borne on slender flower-stalks in a corymb. The corymb is very loose 

 and variable in the number and arrangement of the florets. The fruit 

 is smooth and ribbed. 



The plant is 2-3 ft. high. It blooms in July and August. It is 

 a herbaceous perennial and propagated by division. 



