Senecio lugens |
Senecio pseudoarnica |
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black-tipped groundsel |
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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. |
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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. |
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Senecio lugens |
Senecio pseudoarnica |
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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 | |
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