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dwarf mountain ragwort

Habit Plants 1–2+ dm.
Stems

mostly arching upward.

Leaves

usually smaller than 4 × 2 cm, bases not clasping, margins notably laciniate to laciniate-toothed or -lobed (the lobes sometimes also toothed).

Phyllaries

(± 8) ± 13, 7–10 mm.

Heads

1–2(–4).

Senecio fremontii var. inexpectatus

Phenology Flowering s­ummer.
Habitat Rocky slopes
Elevation 3000+ m (9800+ ft)
Distribution
from FNA
UT
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 565.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio > Senecio fremontii
Sibling taxa
S. fremontii var. blitoides, S. fremontii var. fremontii, S. fremontii var. occidentalis
Name authority Cronquist: in A. Cronquist et al., Intermount. Fl. 5: 172, unnumb. fig. [upper left] (1994)
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