Senecio leucanthemifolius

Senecio leucanthemifolius is a plant common in sea-side in Mediterranean area.

Common names

 * Coastal ragwort
 * Senecione costiero, senecione pigmeo
 * Séneçon à feuilles de Marguerite

Taxonomy
Senecio leucanthemifolius was first described by Jean Louis Marie Poiret in 1789. , the circumscription of the species varied. Euro+Med Plantbase took a wide view, whereas Plants of the World Online (PoWO) split it into a number of species. For example, Euro+Med Plantbase considered Senecio crassifolius Willd. to be a synonym, while Plants of the World Online (PoWO) accepted it as a separate species.

Subspecies
, the accepted subspecies varied along with the circumscription of the species. Euro+Med Plantbase accepted five:
 * Senecio leucanthemifolius subsp. caucasicus (DC.) Greuter (also accepted by PoWO)
 * Senecio leucanthemifolius subsp. cyrenaicus (E.A.Durand & Barratte) Greuter (=Senecio cyrenaicus (E.A.Durand & Barratte) Borzì in PoWO)
 * Senecio leucanthemifolius subsp. leucanthemifolius
 * Senecio leucanthemifolius subsp. mauritanicus (Pomel) Greuter (=Senecio fradinii Pomel in PoWO)
 * Senecio leucanthemifolius subsp. vernalis (Waldst. & Kit.) Greuter (=Senecio vernalis Waldst. & Kit. in PoWO)

Plants of the World Online accepted two further subspecies:
 * Senecio leucanthemifolius subsp. cossyrensis (Lojac.) C.Brullo & Brullo
 * Senecio leucanthemifolius subsp. pectinatus (Guss.) C.Brullo & Brullo

Distribution
When a wide view is taken of the species, its native distribution is:
 * Palearctic:
 * Northern Africa: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
 * Western Asia: Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey - Anatolia
 * Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
 * East Europe: Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Kalmykiya
 * Middle Europe: Hungary
 * Southwestern Europe: Balearic Islands, France, Spain
 * Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Romania, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Ukraine