About Senecio glaucus L.
Senecio glaucus L. is an annual plant species in the genus Senecio, belonging to the Asteraceae family. It grows in sandy, well-drained soils, especially in coastal and desert dunes. Its habitat also includes sandy soils of coastal plains, shore strands, and steppes. This species is native to the Palearctic realm, with a distribution ranging from the western Mediterranean to Central Asia. Its confirmed native regions and locations are: 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; Central Asia: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
