Senecio integerrimus |
Senecio vulgaris |
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lambstongue ragwort, western groundsel |
common groundsel, old-man-in-the-spring |
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Habit | Herbs perennial or biennial, (1)2–7 dm; caudices button-like, with fleshy, fibrous, unbranched roots. | Herbs annual, (1)2–5(6+) dm; caudices taprooted. |
Stems | 1, loosely arachnoid-tomentose, or villous, glabrate with age. |
usually 1, rarely 2–3, glabrous or sparsely and unevenly tomentose. |
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. |
evenly distributed along stems, oblanceolate to narrowly obovate or ovate, bases tapering; margins lobulate to dentate, ultimate margins secondarily denticulate; proximal petiolate; distal sessile. |
Inflorescences | corymb-like arrays; bracts 0 or inconspicuous. |
loose corymb-like arrays; bracts few, inconspicuous. |
Involucres | urn-shaped. |
urceolate. |
Ray florets | 5, rarely 0; rays 6–15(20) mm, yellow or white to pale yellow. |
0. |
Disc florets | 35–45. |
(30)55–65. |
Phyllaries | (8)13 or 21; tips usually black, sometimes green. |
21, 4–6 mm; tips usually black. |
Calyculi | 1–5+, inconspicuous, usually < 2 mm. |
2–4(6+) bractlets, 2–3 mm. |
Fruits | 2.5–3 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes hairy along ribs. |
2–2.5 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent, rarely glabrous. |
Heads | 6–15(30+). |
8–20. |
2n | =40, 80. |
=40. |
Senecio integerrimus |
Senecio vulgaris |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western North America. 5 varieties; 3 varieties treated in Flora. |
Disturbed areas. Flowering Feb–Oct. 0–1000 m. CR, ECas, Est, Lava, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 339 Debra Trock |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 342 Debra Trock |
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