''Jacobaea erucifolia'', the hoary ragwort is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

in the genus ''

Jacobaea ''Jacobaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. Its members used to be placed in the genus ''Senecio'', but have been separated into the segregate genus ''Jacobaea'' on the basis of molecular phylo ...

'' and the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It is a

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rhizomatous In botany and dendrology, a rhizome ( ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

geophyte A storage organ is a part of a plant specifically modified for storage of energy (generally in the form of carbohydrates) or water. Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack by herbivores. Plants that have ...

native to temperate

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, ranging from Europe to Siberia, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, and Japan. Three subspecies are accepted. *''Jacobaea erucifolia'' subsp. ''argunensis'' – southeastern Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan *''Jacobaea erucifolia'' subsp. ''erucifolia'' – Europe, Siberia, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Mongolia *''Jacobaea erucifolia'' subsp. ''tenuifolia'' – France to Germany, Italy, the northern Balkans, and Ukraine

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* erucifolia Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants described in 1755 {{Senecioneae-stub