senecio
/səˈniːsɪəʊ
/ /səˈniːʃɪəʊ/noun (plural senecios)
A plant of a genus that includes the ragworts and groundsels. Many kinds are cultivated as ornamentals and some are poisonous weeds of grassland.
- Genus Senecio, family Compositae.
- A square pewter container was next, containing black dogwood stems, large green chrysanthemums, white lilies, the palest green flowers surrounded by senecio and rosemary, and yellow cymbidium orchids cascading over the edge.
- Another garden has a towering eryngium, variegated agapanthus, cotoneaster, the bottle brush tree, senecio, a red leafed Trachelospermum and a cotinus - a wonderful contrast of shades and shapes.
Origin
Modern Latin, from Latin, literally 'old man, groundsel', with reference to the hairy white fruits.