groundsel
noun
ground·sel
ˈgrau̇n(d)-səl 
: any of various senecios (such as the nearly cosmopolitan European weed Senecio vulgaris)
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The boulevard, nominally protected from erosion by a border of reeds and groundsel shrubs, had flooded on a recent day.
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Tribune News Service, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
His successes for the project include plugs of potted golden groundsel (Packera obovata), threadleaf bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii), Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia reverchonii), New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii) and blazing star (Liatris spicata).
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
The feathery pappus on the groundsel seed head are ready for wind dispersal as seen at 2x in the second-place image.
—Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2017
Fleabane, goldenrod, tansyleaf aster, western dayflowers, brickellbush, yarrow, thistle and groundsel add sprinkles of yellow, blue, purple and white in sunny spots.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
Other evergreen choices include Christmas ferns, wood ferns (semi-evergreen), moss, golden groundsel (yellow spring flowers about 1-inch tall).
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2018
Spikes and fibers protrude from the flowering head of a herb groundsel in Havi Sarfaty's second-place image.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 4 Oct. 2017
A LUSH, LOW-EFFORT PLAN Under a canopy of tall trees and shrubs, designer Weaner created a leafy carpet of native ground covers, like groundsel, Canada anemone and heuchera.
—Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 12 Aug. 2017
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Tribune News Service, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
His successes for the project include plugs of potted golden groundsel (Packera obovata), threadleaf bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii), Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia reverchonii), New York aster (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii) and blazing star (Liatris spicata).
—Tovah Martin, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
The feathery pappus on the groundsel seed head are ready for wind dispersal as seen at 2x in the second-place image.
—Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2017
Fleabane, goldenrod, tansyleaf aster, western dayflowers, brickellbush, yarrow, thistle and groundsel add sprinkles of yellow, blue, purple and white in sunny spots.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 22 Sep. 2022
Other evergreen choices include Christmas ferns, wood ferns (semi-evergreen), moss, golden groundsel (yellow spring flowers about 1-inch tall).
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2018
Spikes and fibers protrude from the flowering head of a herb groundsel in Havi Sarfaty's second-place image.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 4 Oct. 2017
A LUSH, LOW-EFFORT PLAN Under a canopy of tall trees and shrubs, designer Weaner created a leafy carpet of native ground covers, like groundsel, Canada anemone and heuchera.
—Martha Stewart, star-telegram, 12 Aug. 2017
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“Groundsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groundsel. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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