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|familia=Asteraceae
|familia=Asteraceae
|genus=Jacobaea
|genus=Jacobaea
|species=maritima
|species=maritima
|common_name=Dusty miller, �Sea ragwort
|common_name=Dusty miller, Sea ragwort
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=shrub
|habit=shrub
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=moderate
|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|features=flowers
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
|max_zone=10
|image=Upload.png
|sunset_zones=4-24, 29-32
|image_width=240
|image=Senecio cineraria5.jpg
|image_width=200
}}
}}
'''''Senecio cineraria''''' also known as '''Dusty miller''' is a [[species]] of ''[[Senecio]]'' from the family [[Asteraceae]], a native [[perennial]] of the [[Mediterranean]] and widely cultivated as an [[Annual (plant)|annual]] for its [[Silver (color)|silver]], [[felt]]-like leaves.
''Senecio cineraria'' shares the [[common name]] '''Dusty miller''' with other plants that also have silvery leaves; the two most often to share the name are ''[[Centaurea cineraria]]'' and ''[[Lychnis coronaria]]''.
''Jacobaea maritima'' is a very [[white]]-[[wool]]ly,<ref name='Bailey'/> [[frost]] tender, heat and [[drought]] tolerant, [[evergreen]],<ref name='msu'>http://msuplants.com/pd.asp?pid=1751</ref>
[[perennial]], [[dicot]], [[subshrub]]<ref name='NRCS'/> that can grow to be {{convert|2|ft|m|1}} or less tall<ref name='Bailey'>http://books.google.com/books?id=PpQDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1658&lpg=PA1658</ref>
and 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60 cm) wide.<ref name='msu'/>
'''Leaves and stems''': Stiff stems<ref name='msu'/> branching from the base, and covered in long, white, matted hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped, 2 to 6 inches (5 to 15 cm) long, serrated, pinnately cut,<ref name='msu'/> stiff, with oblong and obtuse segments,<ref name='Bailey'/> numerous and like the stems, also covered with long, white, matted hairs.<ref name='msu'/>
'''Flowers''': Yellow or white in daisy-like,<ref name='mogarden'>http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?Code=A608</ref>
{{convert|1.5|in|cm|0}} wide,<ref name='msu'/>
rayless,<ref name='Bailey'/>
compact [[flower head]]s resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common whorl of [[sepal]]s or ring of [[bract]]s at the base of the flower stalk.<ref name='Bailey'/>
''S. cineraria'' does not produce flowers the first year.<ref name='mogarden'/>
'''Seeds''': Fruit are cylindrical [[achenes]].<ref name='msu'/>
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
File:Senecio cineraria 01.jpg| photo 1
File:Fly at flower.jpg| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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