Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. January 2018. Scientific name: Senecio vulgaris L. Common name(s): common ragwort, old-man-in-the-Spring Link(s): USDA PLANTS Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose “view image”) Description: – annual -Asteraceae (daisy)