Senecio, (Miller) Dumort

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 201

Sect. Jacobaea (Miller) Dumort . Perennial, rarely biennial herbs, subglabrous or more or less fioccose. Leaves, especially the cauline, more or less pinnatifid. Supplementary bracts usually more than | as long as involucre. Achenes subcylindrical, hairy or glabrous.