Senecio glaucus is an annual member of the Asteraceae and species of the genus Senecio that grows in the desert
English: Jaffa groundsel, Buck's horn groundsel
Arabic: شيخة رمادية or جرجار
Hebrew: סַבְיוֹן יָפוֹ,סַבְיוֹן הָעֲרָבוֹת
Found in sandy soils of coastal plains, strands, and steppes.
Native to the Palearctic:
Middle East: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey - Anatolia
Macaronesia: Canary Islands - Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Gomera, Hierro, Lanzarote, Tenerife
East Europe: Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, Astrakhan Oblast, Rostov Oblast, Kalmykiya
Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Crete, Crimea, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, Sicily
Southwestern Europe: Balearic Islands, France, Portugal, Spain
Western Asia: Israel
India:Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
Caucasus: Adygea, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay–Cherkessia, Krasnodar Krai, North Ossetia–Alania, Stavropol Krai
Soviet Middle Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Subspecies and variety synonyms
Senecio glaucus subsp. coronopifolius (Maire) C. Alexander
Senecio glaucus subsp. cyprius Meikle
Senecio glaucus L. subsp. glaucus
Senecio coronopifolius Desf. var. calyculatus Emb. & Maire
Senecio gallicus Chaix var. laxiflorus (Viv.) DC.
Senecio gallicus Chaix subsp. coronopifolius (Desf.) Maire
