Common name
English: Eastern groundsel
German: Frühlings-Greiskraut, Frühlings-Kreuzkraut
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2226)
Order: Asterales (230)
Family: Asteraceae (229)(family description)
Genus: Senecio (9)
Epithet: leucanthemifolius (1)
Subspecies: vernalis (Waldst. & Kit.) Greuter
Synonym: Senecio vernalis Waldst. & Kit.
vernalis => flowering in spring, pertaining to spring
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow