senecio aureus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Senecio aureus
    n 1: weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having
         golden-yellow flowers; sometimes becomes invasive;
         sometimes placed in genus Senecio [syn: {golden groundsel},
         {golden ragwort}, {Packera aurea}, {Senecio aureus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ragwort \Rag"wort`\ (r[a^]g"w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
   A name given to several species of the composite genus
   {Senecio}.
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   Note: {Senecio aureus} is the golden ragwort of the United
         States; {Senecio elegans} is the purple ragwort of
         South Africa.
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