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mountain meadow butterweed, thick-leaf groundsel, thick-leaf ragwort

mountain ragwort

Habit Perennials, (15–)20–50(–70) cm (rhizomes branched, ± woody). Perennials (annuals?), 30–60(–100) cm (apparently taprooted).
Herbage

glabrous.

viscid-pubescent (reputedly notably odorous).

Stems

1–(2–4).

single (sometimes branching).

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).

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

± 8 or ± 13;

corolla laminae 5–12 mm.

± 13;

corolla laminae 8–10(–12+) mm.

Phyllaries

(± 8) ± 13 or ± 21, 5–9 mm, tips black (villous).

± 21, 6–7 mm, tips greenish.

Calyculi

of (1–)3–6 linear to filiform bractlets (lengths to 1/3 phyllaries).

of 5–15+ lanceolate or linear to subulate bractlets (lengths 1/3–7/8+ phyllaries).

Heads

(1–)4–12 in corymbiform arrays.

12–30 in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

glabrous.

hairy.

2n

= 40.

Senecio crassulus

Senecio parryi

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Moist to drying hillsides, meadows, other open places in forest associations Rocky, disturbed sites in desert mountains
Elevation 2200–3700 m (7200–12100 ft) 1300–2300 m (4300–7500 ft)
Distribution
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CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; SD; 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. 551. 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. atratus, S. bigelovii, S. blochmaniae, S. californicus, S. cannabifolius, S. clarkianus, 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. lapathifolius, S. semiamplexicaulis
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 54. (1883) A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 103. (1859)
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