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|familia=Asteraceae
 
|familia=Asteraceae
|genus=Jacobaea  
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|genus=Jacobaea
|species=maritima  
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|species=maritima
|common_name=Dusty miller, �Sea ragwort
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|common_name=Dusty miller, Sea ragwort
 
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|habit=shrub
 
|habit=shrub
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|exposure=sun
 
|exposure=sun
 
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|water=moderate
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|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
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|max_zone=10
 
|max_zone=10
|image=Upload.png
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|sunset_zones=4-24, 29-32
|image_width=240
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|image=Senecio cineraria5.jpg
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|image_width=200
 
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'''''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.
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''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]]''.
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''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>
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[[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>
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and 18 to 24 inches (45 to 60&nbsp;cm) wide.<ref name='msu'/>
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'''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&nbsp;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'/>
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'''Flowers''': Yellow or white in daisy-like,<ref name='mogarden'>http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?Code=A608</ref>
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{{convert|1.5|in|cm|0}} wide,<ref name='msu'/>
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rayless,<ref name='Bailey'/>
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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'/>
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''S. cineraria'' does not produce flowers the first year.<ref name='mogarden'/>
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'''Seeds''': Fruit are cylindrical [[achenes]].<ref name='msu'/>
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Varieties==
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==Gallery==
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<gallery perrow=5>
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File:Senecio cineraria 01.jpg| photo 1
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File:Fly at flower.jpg| photo 2
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Image:Upload.png| photo 3
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references/>
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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*{{wplink}}
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{{stub}}
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