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King's ragwort

Involucres

(5–)6–8 mm diam.

Phyllaries

5–6 mm, tips black.

Calyculi

bractlets conspicuous (lengths of at least some to 1/2 phyllaries).

Heads

20–60.

Ray

corolla laminae 5–8 mm.

Senecio eremophilus var. kingii

Phenology Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat Damp and drying habitats in conifer dominated areas, especially road cuts and other disturbed sites
Elevation 2700–3700 m (8900–12100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT; WY
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Discussion

Variety kingii hybridizes with S. spartioides (R. I. Ediger 1970).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 565.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio > Senecio eremophilus
Sibling taxa
S. eremophilus var. eremophilus, S. eremophilus var. macdougalii
Synonyms S. kingii, S. ambrosioides
Name authority Greenman: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 2: 598. (1915)
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