Senecio sarracenicusL.

Saracen's comfreySaracen's consoundSaracen's woundwort

WFO wfo-0000123168 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Patrick Hacker
fig. a Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-17 / obs. 151514573
Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. b Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151146881
Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Oleg Kosterin
fig. c Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151382563
Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Ксения Волянская
fig. d Ксения Волянская, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 144617777
Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Nasser Halaweh
fig. e Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 90607371
Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. f Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87266912
Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. g Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85761607
Senecio sarracenicus, photographed by Nasser Halaweh
fig. h Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 50103663

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Senecio sarracenicus is native: Altay, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Sweden, Ukraine AltayKazakhstanKrasnoyarskTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyHungaryNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwedenUkraine
Native distribution of Senecio sarracenicus, 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.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Hungary HUN
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Sweden SWE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB

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 2 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 fluviatilis Wallr.
  • Senecio sarracenicus var. sarracenicus

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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