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Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis
Photo is of parent taxon

dwarf mountain ragwort, western dwarf mountain ragwort, western Fremont's groundsel
Habit Plants mostly 1–2 dm.
Stems

arching upward.
Leaves

(smaller and fewer distally) usually smaller than 4 × 2 cm, bases not clasping, margins toothed or subentire.
Phyllaries

(± 8) ± 13, 5–7(–8) mm.
Heads

2–4(–5).

Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Rocky alpine and subalpine sites
Elevation 2800–4000 m (9200–13100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Plants of var. occidentalis grow in the southern Cascade Mountains and the Sierra Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 564.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio > Senecio fremontii
Sibling taxa
S. fremontii var. blitoides, S. fremontii var. fremontii, S. fremontii var. inexpectatus
Synonyms S. occidentalis
Name authority A. Gray: in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 1: 618. (1876)
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