Senecio vulgaris |
Senecio sphaerocephalus |
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common groundsel, old-man-in-the-spring |
ballhead ragwort, mountain marsh butterweed |
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Habit | Herbs annual, (1)2–5(6+) dm; caudices taprooted. | Herbs perennial, (3)4–8 dm; caudices ± woody, branching, with stout rhizomes. |
Stems | usually 1, rarely 2–3, glabrous or sparsely and unevenly tomentose. |
1, tomentose or unevenly glabrate. |
Leaves | evenly distributed along stems, oblanceolate to narrowly obovate or ovate, bases tapering; margins lobulate to dentate, ultimate margins secondarily denticulate; proximal petiolate; distal sessile. |
mostly basal; basal present at flowering; cauline reduced distally; distal much reduced and bract-like, oblanceolate to elliptic, bases tapered; margins weakly dentate or denticulate with callous denticles; surfaces sparsely tomentose to nearly glabrous, petiolate. |
Inflorescences | loose corymb-like arrays; bracts few, inconspicuous. |
corymb-like arrays; bracts conspicuous. |
Involucres | urceolate. |
campanulate. |
Ray florets | 0. |
~13; rays 6–10 mm. |
Disc florets | (30)55–65. |
25–35+. |
Phyllaries | 21, 4–6 mm; tips usually black. |
(13)21, 3–7 mm; tips black or dark brown. |
Calyculi | 2–4(6+) bractlets, 2–3 mm. |
1–5 bractlets, 2–3 mm. |
Fruits | 2–2.5 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent, rarely glabrous. |
1.5–2.5 mm, usually hairy, sometimes glabrous. |
Heads | 8–20. |
(3)5–24, usually > 10. |
2n | =40. |
=40. |
Senecio vulgaris |
Senecio sphaerocephalus |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Disturbed areas. Flowering Feb–Oct. 0–1000 m. CR, ECas, Est, Lava, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic. |
Open meadows, near conifer forests. Flowering Jun–Jul. 1100–1700 m. BW. ID, NV; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to CO. Native. Although Senecio sphaerocephalus has been collected in Oregon, it is relatively rare within the state and more abundant in the more easterly parts of its range. |
Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 342 Debra Trock |
Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 340 Debra Trock |
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