Senecio glaucus

Senecio glaucus is an annual member of the Asteraceae and species of the genus Senecio. It is found from the western Mediterranean to Central Asia in sandy, well-drained soil, particularly coastal and desert dunes.

Common names

 * Jaffa groundsel, Buck's horn groundsel
 * شيخة رمادية or جرجار
 * סַבְיוֹן יָפוֹ,סַבְיוֹן הָעֲרָבוֹת

Distribution
Found in sandy soils of coastal plains, strands, and steppes.


 * Native to the Palearctic''':
 * Middle East: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey - Anatolia
 * Macaronesia: Canary Islands - Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote, Tenerife
 * East Europe: Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Kalmykiya
 * Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, Sicily
 * Southwestern Europe: Balearic Islands, France, Portugal, Spain
 * Western Asia: Israel
 * India:Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
 * Caucasus: Adygea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia–Alania, Stavropol Krai
 * Soviet Middle Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

Subspecies and variety synonyms

 * Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius (Maire) C. Alexander
 * Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius Meikle
 * Senecio glaucus L. subsp. glaucus
 * Senecio coronopifolius Desf. var. calyculatus Emb. & Maire
 * Senecio gallicus Chaix var. laxiflorus (Viv.) DC.
 * Senecio gallicus Chaix subsp. coronopifolius (Desf.) Maire