Jacobaea vulgaris Gaertn.

Herbe de saint Jacques (fr), Jacobée commune (fr), Séneçon jacobée (fr), Herbe de Saint-Jacques (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Jacobaea

Characteristics

A perennial herb. It grows 1-1.25m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality
Pollination
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Roadsides, waste ground, railways, and over-grazed pastures on all but the poorest soils.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses dye medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 8 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Jacobaea vulgaris habit picture by Marcel Schol (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris habit picture by Terje Norli (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris habit picture by Tom Schöning (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Jacobaea vulgaris leaf picture by Toto Frites (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris leaf picture by ADAM Bleuenn (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris leaf picture by Dieter Cuypers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Jacobaea vulgaris flower picture by Michael Strach (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris flower picture by romana.olszewska (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris flower picture by rocdan (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Jacobaea vulgaris fruit picture by Ugoline Jacquot (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris fruit picture by Coen van Limborgh (cc-by-sa)
Jacobaea vulgaris fruit picture by gilles collin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Jacobaea vulgaris world distribution map, present in Canada, France, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:226649-1
WFO ID wfo-0000031875
COL ID 3QJJ5
BDTFX ID 102852
INPN ID 610646
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Jacobaea vulgaris Senecio jacobaea var. jacobaea Jacobaea vulgaris var. vulgaris Senecio jacobaea subsp. jacobaea Senecio praealtus subsp. foliosus

Lower taxons

Jacobaea vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Jacobaea vulgaris subsp. dunensis Jacobaea vulgaris subsp. gotlandica Jacobaea vulgaris subsp. pannonica hodálová & mered'a