Figure 3. Variation of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) in roots and shoots of Senecio vulgaris from native and invasive populations.
(A) Scoring plotting by two-dimension nonparametric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) based on concentration of 20 individual PAs. Square, roots; Dots, shoots. Red symbols were plants from invasive and the blue symbols were from native populations.(B) Loading plots of the NMDS. See details of the abbreviation of PAs in Tables 2–3.