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tall blacktip ragwort

Habit Perennials, (20–)35–70(–80+) cm (rhizomes or caudices branched, erect to weakly creeping).
Herbage

floccose-tomentose to canescent, sometimes unevenly glabrescent.

Stems

1–(2–5).

Leaves

progressively reduced distally; petiolate;

blades oblong-ovate to oblanceolate, (5–)10–30 × 1.5–4(–6) cm, bases tapered, margins dentate (denticles, dark, callous; mid leaves similar, sessile, smaller; distal leaves bractlike).

Ray florets

(± 3) ± 5;

corolla laminae 5–8 mm.

Phyllaries

(± 5) ± 8, 6–8 mm, tips black.

Calyculi

of 2–5 linear bractlets (lengths to 1/3 phyllaries).

Heads

20–60+ in corymbiform or subpaniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

glabrous.

2n

= 40. (A report of 2n = 46 is presumably erroneous.)

Senecio atratus

Phenology Flowering late spring–early fall.
Habitat Dry or drying, rocky or sandy sites in coniferous areas, especially sites with frequent disturbance
Elevation 2800–4000 m (9200–13100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; NM; UT; WY
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 554.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio
Sibling taxa
S. actinella, S. amplectens, S. ampullaceus, S. aphanactis, S. arizonicus, S. aronicoides, S. astephanus, 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
Synonyms S. atratus var. milleflorus, S. milleflorus
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 3: 105. (1896)
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