Senecio lividusL.

WFO wfo-0000122180 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senecio lividus, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. a Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-02 / obs. 186458209
Senecio lividus, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. b Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134414835
Senecio lividus, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. c Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 131021169
Senecio lividus, photographed by Carminda Santos
fig. d Carminda Santos, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 80954468
Senecio lividus, photographed by Duarte Frade
fig. e Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61129477
Senecio lividus, photographed by Julien Renoult
fig. f Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 14815016
Senecio lividus, photographed by José Luis Camaño
fig. g José Luis Camaño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 151643727
Senecio lividus, photographed by José Luis Camaño
fig. h José Luis Camaño, CC0 1.0 / obs. 151642875

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Senecio lividus is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, East Aegean Is., Türkiye, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaEast Aegean Is.TürkiyeCorseFranceGreeceItalyPortugalSiciliaSpain BalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Senecio lividus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
East Aegean Is. EAI ASIA-TEMPERATE
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Senecio auriculatus Desf.
  • Senecio foeniculaceus Ten.
  • Senecio litardierei (Rouy) P.Fourn.
  • Senecio lividovulgaris Lojac.
  • Senecio lividus subsp. foeniculaceus (Ten.) Braun-Blanq. & Maire
  • Senecio lividus var. biennis Humbert
  • Senecio lividus var. lividus
  • Senecio lividus var. major Gren. & Godr.
  • Senecio lividus var. pinguis Ball
  • Senecio sonchoides Lojac.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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