Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus |
Senecio integerrimus var. scribneri |
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pale-yellow ragwort, western groundsel, white flower mountain butterweed, white western groundsel |
Scribner's ragwort |
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Herbage | arachnose, tomentose, or villous, unevenly glabrescent, at flowering. |
usually villous, sometimes arachnose or tomentose, at flowering. |
Leaves | basal and proximal cauline distinctly petiolate; blades (cauline) usually ovate to rounded-deltate, sometimes obovate to oblanceolate. |
basal and proximal cauline ± petiolate; blades (cauline) oblong or lanceolate to sublinear (6–10 × 0.5–2 cm). |
Ray florets | usually 5; corollas white or ochroleucous, laminae (5–)10–15(–20) mm. |
probably mostly 5; corollas yellow, laminae 12–15 mm. |
Phyllaries | ± linear, 7–10 mm, tips green or minutely black. |
± linear, 10–15 mm, tips usually green, rarely black. |
Heads | (3–)8–12(–40+). |
3–6(–16+). |
Senecio integerrimus var. ochroleucus |
Senecio integerrimus var. scribneri |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Moist openings in coniferous woodlands | Plains and open foothills |
Elevation | 600–1700 m (2000–5600 ft) | 300–1600 m (1000–5200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; AB; BC |
MT; SK |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Variety scribneri is poorly known and seldom collected. It is distinguished by its relatively larger heads and narrower leaves and its indument (in a region where var. integerrimus is notably glabrate). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 557. | FNA vol. 20, p. 557. |
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Synonyms | S. lugens var. ochroleucus, S. cordatus, S. exaltatus subsp. ochraceus, S. leibergii, S. ochraceus | S. scribneri |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Cronquist: Leafl. W. Bot. 6: 48. (1950) | (Rydberg) T. M. Barkley: Leafl. W. Bot. 9: 109. (1960) |
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