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lambstongue ragwort, western groundsel

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bigheaded groundsel

Habit Herbs perennial or biennial, (1)2–7 dm; caudices button-like, with fleshy, fibrous, unbranched roots.
Stems

1, loosely arachnoid-tomentose, or villous, glabrate with age.

Leaves

mostly basal;

cauline progressively reduced distally; ± petiolate;

basal and lower cauline elliptic, lanceolate, linear, oblanceolate, rounded-deltate, rarely suborbiculate, bases tapered or truncate to cordate;

margins entire or dentate;

distal becoming sessile and bract-like.

usually lanceolate to oblanceolate;

basal and proximal cauline distinctly petiolate.

Inflorescences

corymb-like arrays;

bracts 0 or inconspicuous.

Involucres

urn-shaped.

Ray florets

5, rarely 0;

rays 6–15(20) mm, yellow or white to pale yellow.

usually 5;

rays 5–8 mm, yellow.

Disc florets

35–45.

Phyllaries

(8)13 or 21;

tips usually black, sometimes green.

linear to awl-shaped, 8–12 mm;

tips green, rarely minutely black.

Calyculi

1–5+, inconspicuous, usually < 2 mm.

Fruits

2.5–3 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes hairy along ribs.

Heads

6–15(30+).

6–12(30+).

2n

=40, 80.

Senecio integerrimus

Senecio integerrimus var. major

Distribution
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Discussion

Western North America. 5 varieties; 3 varieties treated in Flora.

Open areas in coniferous forests, sagebrush. Flowering Apr–Jul. 2000–2600 m. BW, Casc, Sisk. CA, NV. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 339
Debra Trock
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 340
Debra Trock
Sibling taxa
S. aronicoides, S. crassulus, S. ertterae, S. fremontii, S. hydrophiloides, S. hydrophilus, S. jacobaea, S. serra, S. sphaerocephalus, S. sylvaticus, S. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris
S. integerrimus var. exaltatus, S. integerrimus var. ochroleucus
Subordinate taxa
S. integerrimus var. exaltatus, S. integerrimus var. major, S. integerrimus var. ochroleucus
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