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Senecio vernalis [Eastern Groundsel]


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Rørslett, B. 2014. Senecio vernalis Waldst. & Kit. (Asteraceae). Eastern Groundsel. Flowers photographed in visible and ultraviolet light. http://www.ultraviol...tern-groundsel/

 

Senecio vernalis Waldst. & Kit.

NO: Vårsvinblom

SE: Vårkörsört

DK: Vår-Brandbæger

FI: Kevätvillakko

DE: Frühlings-Greiskraut

EN: Eastern Groundsel

 

S. vernalis is native to Europe and adjacent regions of Russia. It has become introduced to the Nordic countries and elsewhere. This is a species of dry meadows and open vegetation cover, often on calcareous soils in upland and mountainous areas. Flowering occurs quite early compared to other European members of the huge Senecio genus, often in May or early June on its alpine sites.

 

Material was studied in Durmitor National Park, Montenegro, at an elevation around 1700 m.a.s.l., 20 June 2014.

 

SENE_VER_G1406200694_VIS.jpg

Image reference: SENE_VER_G1406200694_VIS

Visible light: Nikon Df, Voigtländer APO-Lanthar 125 mm f/2.5 lens, daylight.

 

 

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Image reference: SENE_VER_I1406201652_UV

Ultraviolet light: Nikon D3200 (modified), Coastal 60 mm f/4 APO lens, internal Baader U2" (Venus) filter, SB-140 flash.

 

S. vernalis has a classic Asteraceae-type 'bull's-eye' UV signature made up of highly UV-reflective ligules (rays) and UV-dark disk flowers.

 

[ Published 21 July 2014 ]

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