Senecio integerrimus |
Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus |
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lambstongue ragwort, western groundsel |
white western groundsel |
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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. |
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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. |
ovate to rounded deltate, sometimes obovate to oblanceolate; basal and proximal cauline distinctly petiolate. |
Inflorescences | corymb-like arrays; bracts 0 or inconspicuous. |
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Involucres | urn-shaped. |
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Ray florets | 5, rarely 0; rays 6–15(20) mm, yellow or white to pale yellow. |
usually 5; rays (5)10–15(20) mm, white to pale yellow. |
Disc florets | 35–45. |
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Phyllaries | (8)13 or 21; tips usually black, sometimes green. |
linear, 7–10 mm; tips green or minutely black. |
Calyculi | 1–5+, inconspicuous, usually < 2 mm. |
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Fruits | 2.5–3 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes hairy along ribs. |
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Heads | 6–15(30+). |
(3)8–12(40+). |
2n | =40, 80. |
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Senecio integerrimus |
Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western North America. 5 varieties; 3 varieties treated in Flora. |
Moist openings in coniferous forests. Flowering Apr–Jul. 0–2000 m. BR, Casc, Col, CR, ECas, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, northeast to Alberta. Native. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 339 Debra Trock |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 340 Debra Trock |
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