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Searching for Saracen's Consound

October 22 2011 at 5:17 AM		  
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Can you help me locate a source for the Yorkshire herb called Saracen's Consound, (Senecio Saracenious, Great Broad-leaved Ragwort)
John Schwennesen

 
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Re: Searching for Saracen's Consound

February 14 2012, 11:19 AM 

Hi John

Not sure where you'll find a commercial source of seed/plants for this wild flower but it has two latin names it gets referred to as Senecio fluviatilis and Senecio sarracenicus. There's some info here on the UK Wildflowers website...
http://www.ukwildflowers.com/Web_pages/senecio_sarracenicus_broad_leaved_ragwort.htm

What are you wanting it for out of curiosity?

 
 
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