Senecio crassulus |
Senecio arizonicus |
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mountain meadow butterweed, thick-leaf groundsel, thick-leaf ragwort |
Arizona ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, (15–)20–50(–70) cm (rhizomes branched, ± woody). | Perennials, (20–)30–40(–60) cm (rhizomes suberect or weakly spreading). |
Herbage | glabrous. |
lanate-arachnose or tomentose, unevenly glabrescent. |
Stems | 1–(2–4). |
1(–2). |
Leaves | (thickish-turgid) progressively reduced distally; petiolate; blades broadly lanceolate to subelliptic, 2.5–15 × 1–5 cm, bases tapered, margins sharply dentate to subentire (some teeth callous; mid leaves sometimes larger than proximal; distal leaves sessile, smaller, often clasping). |
(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). |
Ray florets | ± 8 or ± 13; corolla laminae 5–12 mm. |
± 13; corolla laminae 5–10 mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 8) ± 13 or ± 21, 5–9 mm, tips black (villous). |
(± 13) ± 21, 5–7 mm, tips green. |
Calyculi | of (1–)3–6 linear to filiform bractlets (lengths to 1/3 phyllaries). |
of 2–5+ bractlets (largest to 3 mm). |
Heads | (1–)4–12 in corymbiform arrays. |
(2–)5–12(–20) in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | glabrous. |
hairy (especially on angles). |
2n | = 40. |
= 40. |
Senecio crassulus |
Senecio arizonicus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Moist to drying hillsides, meadows, other open places in forest associations | Openings in pine-oak woodlands |
Elevation | 2200–3700 m (7200–12100 ft) | 1600–2100 m (5200–6900 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WY
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AZ
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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. 551. | FNA vol. 20, p. 555. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | S. lapathifolius, S. semiamplexicaulis | |
Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 54. (1883) | Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 87. (1883) |
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