Common name
English: Eastern groundsel
German: Frühlings-Greiskraut, Frühlings-Kreuzkraut
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(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