" Common groundsel, Senecio vulgaris , is an annual weed in the daisy family (Asteraceae) native to Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia. It probably arrived in North America mixed with grain European settlers brought with them. The origin of the common name is a derivation of the Anglo-Saxon groundeswelge , meaning ‘ground swallower,’ referring to how rapidly the weed spreads. It is a fairly inconspicuous little plant that is easily overlooked. It tends to be locally common but is absent or uncommon in other areas. In milder climates it is a summer or winter annual (hardy to zone 6) but in our area it only survives during the growing season. It reproduces exclusively by seed and infestations are more common in cool, moist weather." Info from "Wisconsin - Madison University web page: https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/common-groundsel-senecio-vulgaris/ "Another weed that is showing God's beauty."---Smiles
