Senecio arizonicus |
Senecio parryi |
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Arizona ragwort |
mountain ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)30–40(–60) cm (rhizomes suberect or weakly spreading). | Perennials (annuals?), 30–60(–100) cm (apparently taprooted). |
Herbage | lanate-arachnose or tomentose, unevenly glabrescent. |
viscid-pubescent (reputedly notably odorous). |
Stems | 1(–2). |
single (sometimes branching). |
Leaves | (often purplish abaxially) reduced distally; petiolate; blades ovate to subelliptic, (5–)6–10(–15) × (2.5–)3–5(–9) cm, bases tapered or contracted, margins subentire to denticulate (denticles callous; mid and distal leaves bractlike). |
evenly distributed (basal and proximal sometimes withering before flowering); weakly petiolate; blades ovate or obovate to suborbiculate, spatulate, or lanceolate, 8–12 × 2–4 cm, bases tapered to truncate, margins dentate (mid and distal leaves similar, triangular-lanceolate, bases truncate, clasping). |
Ray florets | ± 13; corolla laminae 5–10 mm. |
± 13; corolla laminae 8–10(–12+) mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 13) ± 21, 5–7 mm, tips green. |
± 21, 6–7 mm, tips greenish. |
Calyculi | of 2–5+ bractlets (largest to 3 mm). |
of 5–15+ lanceolate or linear to subulate bractlets (lengths 1/3–7/8+ phyllaries). |
Heads | (2–)5–12(–20) in corymbiform arrays. |
12–30 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | hairy (especially on angles). |
hairy. |
2n | = 40. |
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Senecio arizonicus |
Senecio parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Openings in pine-oak woodlands | Rocky, disturbed sites in desert mountains |
Elevation | 1600–2100 m (5200–6900 ft) | 1300–2300 m (4300–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico |
Discussion | Senecio arizonicus is reputedly in southern New Mexico (W. C. Martin and C. R. Hutchins 1980); that seems unlikely and should be checked. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Senecio parryi is infrequently collected and poorly known. In the flora, it is known from trans-Pecos Texas westward to southern Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 555. | FNA vol. 20, p. 568. |
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Name authority | Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 87. (1883) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 103. (1859) |
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