Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis |
Senecio fremontii var. blitoides |
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dwarf mountain ragwort, western dwarf mountain ragwort, western Fremont's groundsel |
dwarf mountain ragwort |
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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 |
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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 |
CA; NV |
CO; UT; WY |
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. |
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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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