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Senecio lugens

Senecio crassulus
Senecio lugens

black-tipped groundsel
Habit Fibrous-rooted perennial from a short rhizome, without pubescence by flowering time.
Leaves

The lowermost leaves well developed, 5-20 cm. long and 8-30 mm. wide, the oblanceolate blade tapering to the petiole;

cauline leaves few, strongly reduced upward, becoming sessile toward the top of the stem.

Flowers

Heads 3-21 in a compact inflorescence;

involucre 5-8 mm. high, the bracts very conspicuously black-tipped, about 13, rarely 21;

bracteoles narrow but well developed, also black tipped; disk 8-13 mm. wide;

rays 7-15 mm. long, yellow.

Senecio lugens

Senecio crassulus
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Wet meadows, grassy alpine slopes, and rich northern woods.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Washington, east to the northern Rocky Mountains.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
S. elmeri, S. fremontii, S. hydrophiloides, S. hydrophilus, S. integerrimus, S. neowebsteri, S. serra, S. sylvaticus, S. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris
S. elmeri, S. fremontii, S. hydrophiloides, S. hydrophilus, S. integerrimus, S. lugens, S. neowebsteri, S. serra, S. sylvaticus, S. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris
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