Plant	Leaf
Flower	Fruit

Height: 60-180cm
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August (Earliest: 26.7)

Protective Chemicals
Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids	Angeloylplatynecine, Angeloylretronecine, Dihydroretrorsine, Racemocine, Racemodine, Racemonine, Sarracine, Senecioracenine, Seneciphylline, Senkirkine

Biotopes:	Pond Edge
Seed Dispersal:	Wind
Parasites:	Phytomyza senecionis	Sphenella marginata Larva (Flower Gall)

Ecological Flora of the British Isles

Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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