Jacobaea erucifolia

Jacobaea erucifolia, the hoary ragwort^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Jacobaea and the family Asteraceae. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte native to temperate Eurasia, ranging from Europe to Siberia, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia, China, and Japan.^[1]

Jacobaea erucifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Jacobaea
Species:	J. erucifolia
Binomial name
Jacobaea erucifolia (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. (1801)
Subspecies[1]
Jacobaea erucifolia subsp. argunensis (Turcz.) Veldkamp Jacobaea erucifolia subsp. erucifolia Jacobaea erucifolia subsp. tenuifolia (J.Presl & C.Presl) B.Nord. & Greuter
Synonyms[1]
Senecio erucifolius L. (1755) Senecio jacobaea subsp. erucifolius (L.) Bonnier & Layens (1894)

Three subspecies are accepted.^[1]

• Jacobaea erucifolia subsp. argunensis (Turcz.) Veldkamp – southeastern Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan
• Jacobaea erucifolia subsp. erucifolia – Europe, Siberia, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Mongolia
• Jacobaea erucifolia subsp. tenuifolia (J.Presl & C.Presl) B.Nord. & Greuter – France to Germany, Italy, the northern Balkans, and Ukraine