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Asteraceae
Senecio vernalis
Senecio vernalis
Also known as Senecio squalidus, Senecio pseudovernalis, Jacobaea vernalis, Jacobaea verna
Native Plants · Senecio · Wildflower · Yellow · Daisy · Self-Seeding · Spring · Meadow · Asteraceae · Informal · Groundsel
Eastern groundsel (Senecio vernalis) is a resilient annual-to-perennial composite that produces cheerful yellow daisy-like flowers in spring and early summer in a variety of well-drained soils. It tolerates sun and partial shade and requires minimal care once established, making it easy to grow in wildflower meadows, disturbed ground, or informal garden borders. Note that, like many Senecio species, it can self-seed freely, so deadhead spent flowers if you wish to control its spread.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but well-drained; reduce watering in summer · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 6 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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