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Senecio jacobaea D.Don
Tansy ragwort
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Senecio | From senex, “old man,” referring to the gray hairs on the seeds |
| Species | jacobaea | |
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Senecio jacobaea description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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9/1/2007 · Mt. St. Helens, Washington
≈ 9 × 6" (23 × 15 cm) 
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