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dwarf mountain ragwort, western dwarf mountain ragwort, western Fremont's groundsel

Photo is of parent taxon

dwarf mountain ragwort

Habit Plants mostly 1–2 dm. Plants (10–)25–40 cm.
Stems

arching upward.

straight or gently arching upward.

Leaves

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

often to 7 × 3 cm, bases of larger ones weakly clasping, margins toothed or subentire.

Phyllaries

(± 8) ± 13, 5–7(–8) mm.

± 13 or ± 21, 10–12 mm.

Heads

2–4(–5).

1–2(–4).

Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis

Senecio fremontii var. blitoides

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Rocky alpine and subalpine sites Rocky or gravelly sites in coniferous and alpine associations
Elevation 2800–4000 m (9200–13100 ft) 3200–4000 m (10500–13100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CO; UT; WY
[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.)

Plants of var. blitoides grow in the southern Rocky Mountains and adjacent ranges.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 564. FNA vol. 20, p. 565.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio > Senecio fremontii Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio > Senecio fremontii
Sibling taxa
S. fremontii var. blitoides, S. fremontii var. fremontii, S. fremontii var. inexpectatus
S. fremontii var. fremontii, S. fremontii var. inexpectatus, S. fremontii var. occidentalis
Synonyms S. occidentalis S. blitoides, S. carthamoides, S. invenustus
Name authority A. Gray: in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 1: 618. (1876) (Greene) Cronquist: in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 5: 290. (1955)
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