Senecio squalidus
Family : Asteraceae
Oxford Ragwort
72/119 : Alien
Very frequent on industrial waste land and roadsides near the centre and east of the city. The first Hull record was by Robinson on the Hull docks in 1926 (Wilson 1938). Crackles (1990) notes that it was very frequent in Hull by 1950.

Herbarium material: HLU : King George Dock, Hull 1933, 1936, 1939 {A K Wilson}; Willerby 1945 {A K Wilson}; Hessle 1946 {A K Wilson}; Hull 1947 {R Good}; Hull 1950 {F E Crackles}; Hull 1952 {C Wilson}; Hull 1952 {H B Proctor}. HLL : King George Dock, Hull 1935 {A K Wilson}.

R Middleton 2000

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