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California groundsel, chaparral ragwort, rayless ragwort

Aleutian ragwort

Habit Annuals, 5–20+ cm (taproots relatively short and thin). Perennials, (50–)100–150+ cm (rhizomes fibrous-rooted).
Herbage

glabrous or sparsely tomentose (especially distally).

unevenly tomentose, glabrescent, except persistently hairy on abaxial faces of leaves.

Stems

usually 1 (relatively thin, delicate).

single.

Leaves

evenly distributed;

sessile;

blades oblanceolate to lance-linear, 2–4 × 0.5–1 cm, bases sometimes weakly clasping, margins usually subpinnate to dentate, sometimes subentire (distal leaves bractlike).

± evenly distributed (basal and proximal withering before flowering); mostly petiolate (proximal);

blades oblong or ovate to oblong-lanceolate (pinnately or subpalmately parted, primary lobes 3–6+, lanceolate to lance-linear, 3–8+ cm), 10–20+ × 8–15+ cm, bases ± tapered, ultimate margins serrate (distal leaves similar, sessile, smaller).

Ray florets

0 or 1–5;

corolla laminae 0.5–1+ mm (barely surpassing phyllaries, heads perhaps technically disciform).

± 5;

corolla laminae ca. 10 mm.

Phyllaries

± 8 or ± 13, 5–6 mm, tips greenish.

± 13, 4–6 mm, tips green.

Calyculi

0 or of 1–3+ lance-deltate bractlets.

0 or of 1–5+ subulate bractlets (lengths about 1/3 phyllaries).

Heads

4–10+ in open, cymiform arrays.

20–50 in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

densely hairy.

glabrous.

2n

= 40.

= 40.

Senecio aphanactis

Senecio cannabifolius

Phenology Flowering late winter–spring. Flowering summer.
Habitat Dry, open ground, especially alkaline flats Open meadows and slopes
Elevation 10–400 m (0–1300 ft) 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from FNA
AK; Eurasia
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Senecio cannabifolius barely enters the flora from far-eastern Asia. Infraspecific taxa are recognized within S. cannabifolius in some floras of Asiatic regions; our plants are referable to var. cannabifolius.

Senecio cannabifolius has been treated in Jacobaea by E. Wiebe (2000); see discussion under 53. S. jacobaea.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 563. FNA vol. 20, p. 569.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio
Sibling taxa
S. actinella, S. amplectens, S. ampullaceus, S. arizonicus, S. aronicoides, S. astephanus, S. atratus, S. bigelovii, S. blochmaniae, S. californicus, S. cannabifolius, S. clarkianus, S. crassulus, S. elegans, S. elmeri, S. eremophilus, S. ertterae, S. erucifolius, S. flaccidus, S. fremontii, S. hydrophiloides, S. hydrophilus, S. integerrimus, S. jacobaea, S. lemmonii, S. lugens, S. lyonii, S. megacephalus, S. mohavensis, S. multidentatus, S. neowebsteri, S. parryi, S. pattersonensis, S. pseudoarnica, S. pudicus, S. quaylei, S. rapifolius, S. riddellii, S. sacramentanus, S. scorzonella, S. serra, S. sheldonensis, S. soldanella, S. spartioides, S. sphaerocephalus, S. spribillei, S. squalidus, S. sylvaticus, S. taraxacoides, S. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris, S. warnockii, S. wootonii
S. actinella, S. amplectens, S. ampullaceus, S. aphanactis, S. arizonicus, S. aronicoides, S. astephanus, S. atratus, S. bigelovii, S. blochmaniae, S. californicus, S. clarkianus, S. crassulus, S. elegans, S. elmeri, S. eremophilus, S. ertterae, S. erucifolius, S. flaccidus, S. fremontii, S. hydrophiloides, S. hydrophilus, S. integerrimus, S. jacobaea, S. lemmonii, S. lugens, S. lyonii, S. megacephalus, S. mohavensis, S. multidentatus, S. neowebsteri, S. parryi, S. pattersonensis, S. pseudoarnica, S. pudicus, S. quaylei, S. rapifolius, S. riddellii, S. sacramentanus, S. scorzonella, S. serra, S. sheldonensis, S. soldanella, S. spartioides, S. sphaerocephalus, S. spribillei, S. squalidus, S. sylvaticus, S. taraxacoides, S. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris, S. warnockii, S. wootonii
Synonyms Jacobaea cannabifolia, S. palmatus
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 1: 220. (1888) Lessing: Linnaea 6: 242. (1831)
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