Senecio atratus |
Senecio parryi |
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tall blacktip ragwort |
mountain ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)35–70(–80+) cm (rhizomes or caudices branched, erect to weakly creeping). | Perennials (annuals?), 30–60(–100) cm (apparently taprooted). |
Herbage | floccose-tomentose to canescent, sometimes unevenly glabrescent. |
viscid-pubescent (reputedly notably odorous). |
Stems | 1–(2–5). |
single (sometimes branching). |
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). |
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 | (± 3) ± 5; corolla laminae 5–8 mm. |
± 13; corolla laminae 8–10(–12+) mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 5) ± 8, 6–8 mm, tips black. |
± 21, 6–7 mm, tips greenish. |
Calyculi | of 2–5 linear bractlets (lengths to 1/3 phyllaries). |
of 5–15+ lanceolate or linear to subulate bractlets (lengths 1/3–7/8+ phyllaries). |
Heads | 20–60+ in corymbiform or subpaniculiform arrays. |
12–30 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | glabrous. |
hairy. |
2n | = 40. (A report of 2n = 46 is presumably erroneous.) |
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Senecio atratus |
Senecio parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early fall. | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Dry or drying, rocky or sandy sites in coniferous areas, especially sites with frequent disturbance | Rocky, disturbed sites in desert mountains |
Elevation | 2800–4000 m (9200–13100 ft) | 1300–2300 m (4300–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; NM; UT; WY
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico |
Discussion | 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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 554. | FNA vol. 20, p. 568. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | S. atratus var. milleflorus, S. milleflorus | |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 3: 105. (1896) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 103. (1859) |
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