Senecio arizonicus |
Senecio soldanella |
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Arizona ragwort |
Colorado ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)30–40(–60) cm (rhizomes suberect or weakly spreading). | Perennials, 5–15(–20) cm (caudices branched, fibrous-rooted, roots fleshy). |
Herbage | lanate-arachnose or tomentose, unevenly glabrescent. |
glabrous (or with hairs on peduncles). |
Stems | 1(–2). |
single (often purplish-tinged). |
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). |
mostly basal; petiolate (petioles ± winged, lengths 1–3+ blades); blades broadly ovate to ovate-orbiculate, (1.5–)2.5–4.5(–6) × 1.5–4(–5) cm, bases truncate or tapered, margins weakly dentate or repand-denticulate to subentire (cauline leaves smaller, bractlike). |
Ray florets | ± 13; corolla laminae 5–10 mm. |
± 13+; corolla laminae 10–14 mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 13) ± 21, 5–7 mm, tips green. |
± 21, (8–)10–16 mm, tips green. |
Calyculi | of 2–5+ bractlets (largest to 3 mm). |
of 3–5+ lanceolate to lance-linear bractlets (lengths 1/2–2/3 phyllaries). |
Heads | (2–)5–12(–20) in corymbiform arrays. |
nodding, 1(–2). |
Cypselae | hairy (especially on angles). |
glabrous. |
2n | = 40. |
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Senecio arizonicus |
Senecio soldanella |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Openings in pine-oak woodlands | Talus slopes |
Elevation | 1600–2100 m (5200–6900 ft) | 3200–4000 m (10500–13100 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ
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CO; NM
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 555. | FNA vol. 20, p. 552. |
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Synonyms | Ligularia soldanella | |
Name authority | Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 87. (1883) | A. Gray: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 67. (1864) |
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