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Olympic Mountain ragwort
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California butterweed, California ragwort
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| Perennials, 7–15(–20+) cm (rhizomes fibrous-rooted). |
Annuals, (5–)10–30(–50+) cm (taprooted). |
(sometimes purplish-tinged) floccose-tomentose, unevenly glabrescent. |
glabrous or sparsely tomentose. |
single or loosely clustered (erect or arching). |
usually single (erect), sometimes 2–6 (branching from bases, arching upward). |
mostly cauline; petiolate (petioles about equaling blades); blades lanceolate or oblanceolate to ovate, (2–)4–8+ × 1.5–3 cm, bases tapered, margins denticulate (distal leaves smaller, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, bractlike). |
(sometimes subsucculent) evenly distributed; ± petiolate (proximal); blades linear-lanceolate to lanceolate 2–5(–7+) × 0.5–2(–3+) cm, bases tapered, margins subpinnatifid to dentate or subentire (mid and distal leaves sessile, bases clasping). |
± 13; corolla laminae ± 15 mm. |
± 13; corolla laminae 8–11 mm. |
usually ± 21, sometimes ± 13, (8–)10–15 mm, tips usually greenish (often sparsely hairy). |
± 21 (sometimes fewer), 5–7(–8) mm, tips black. |
of 4–8 lanceolate to lance-linear bractlets (lengths mostly less than 1/2 phyllaries). |
of 5–8+ lanceolate to lance-linear or filiform bractlets (0.5–3 mm, usually inconspicuous). |
nodding, 1(–2). |
usually 3–10(–20+) in open, cymiform arrays, sometimes borne singly (depauperate plants). |
glabrous. |
hirtellous-strigose. |
= 40. |
= 40. |
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| Flowering late summer–early fall. |
Flowering late winter–spring. |
| High talus slopes |
Sandy, dry or drying sites, especially near coast |
| 2200–2600 m (7200–8500 ft) |
0–1200 m (0–3900 ft) |
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WA
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CA; Mexico
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Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Dwarfish, subsucculent plants of Senecio californicus from near the coast have been recognized as S. ammophilus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
| FNA vol. 20, p. 553. |
FNA vol. 20, p. 561. |
| Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
S. actinella, S. amplectens, S. ampullaceus, S. aphanactis, S. arizonicus, S. aronicoides, S. astephanus, S. atratus, S. bigelovii, S. blochmaniae, S. californicus, S. cannabifolius, S. clarkianus, S. crassulus, S. elegans, S. elmeri, S. eremophilus, S. ertterae, S. erucifolius, S. flaccidus, S. fremontii, S. hydrophiloides, S. hydrophilus, S. integerrimus, S. jacobaea, S. lemmonii, S. lugens, S. lyonii, S. megacephalus, S. mohavensis, S. multidentatus, S. parryi, S. pattersonensis, S. pseudoarnica, S. pudicus, S. quaylei, S. rapifolius, S. riddellii, S. sacramentanus, S. scorzonella, S. serra, S. sheldonensis, S. soldanella, S. spartioides, S. sphaerocephalus, S. spribillei, S. squalidus, S. sylvaticus, S. taraxacoides, S. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris, S. warnockii, S. wootonii |
S. actinella, S. amplectens, S. ampullaceus, S. aphanactis, S. arizonicus, S. aronicoides, S. astephanus, S. atratus, S. bigelovii, S. blochmaniae, S. cannabifolius, S. clarkianus, S. crassulus, S. elegans, S. elmeri, S. eremophilus, S. ertterae, S. erucifolius, S. flaccidus, S. fremontii, S. hydrophiloides, S. hydrophilus, S. integerrimus, S. jacobaea, S. lemmonii, S. lugens, S. lyonii, S. megacephalus, S. mohavensis, S. multidentatus, S. neowebsteri, S. parryi, S. pattersonensis, S. pseudoarnica, S. pudicus, S. quaylei, S. rapifolius, S. riddellii, S. sacramentanus, S. scorzonella, S. serra, S. sheldonensis, S. soldanella, S. spartioides, S. sphaerocephalus, S. spribillei, S. squalidus, S. sylvaticus, S. taraxacoides, S. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris, S. warnockii, S. wootonii |
| S. websteri |
S. ammophilus, S. californicus var. ammophilus, S. coronopus |
| S. F. Blake: Leafl. W. Bot. 8: 143. (1957) |
de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 426. (1838) |
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