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tall blacktip ragwort

mountain ragwort

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.)

Senecio atratus

Senecio parryi

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
from FNA
CO; NM; UT; WY
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 554. FNA vol. 20, p. 568.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio 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
S. actinella, S. amplectens, S. ampullaceus, S. aphanactis, 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. 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) A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 103. (1859)
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