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Ragworts
Most rated Senecio records are fire-resistant — 5 of 11 records, including the genus rated as a group. These counts describe the cited records — 11 records carrying 20 evidence rows from 16 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Groundsel Senecio spp. Awaiting evidence Mid-scale score 3 sources rate the genus as a
whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never
override a species record.
› Fire-resistant
5 species
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Broom Groundsel Fire-resistant Senecio spartioides -
Dusty Miller Fire-resistant Senecio cineraria - Blue Chalksticks Fire-resistant Senecio serpens
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Scented Groundsel Fire-resistant Senecio odoratus -
Variable Groundsel Fire-resistant Senecio pinnatifolius
Keep away
1 species
Awaiting evidence
4 species
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Senecio filaginoides Awaiting evidence Senecio filaginoides - Blue chalk sticks Awaiting evidence Senecio mandraliscae
- Senecio madagascariensis Awaiting evidence Senecio madagascariensis
- Senecio subulatus Awaiting evidence Senecio subulatus
About ragworts
Corpus context. Senecio is the directory's #46 largest of 550 genus groups: 11 records carrying 20 evidence rows from 16 cited sources, recorded as shrub, perennial, succulent, vine , hardy across USDA zones 5–9. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Senecio: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.