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Senecio neowebsteri

Olympic Mountain ragwort

Aleutian ragwort

Habit Perennials, 7–15(–20+) cm (rhizomes fibrous-rooted). Perennials, (50–)100–150+ cm (rhizomes fibrous-rooted).
Herbage

(sometimes purplish-tinged) floccose-tomentose, unevenly glabrescent.

unevenly tomentose, glabrescent, except persistently hairy on abaxial faces of leaves.

Stems

single or loosely clustered (erect or arching).

single.

Leaves

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).

± evenly distributed (basal and proximal withering before flowering); mostly petiolate (proximal);

blades oblong or ovate to oblong-lanceolate (pinnately or subpalmately parted, primary lobes 3–6+, lanceolate to lance-linear, 3–8+ cm), 10–20+ × 8–15+ cm, bases ± tapered, ultimate margins serrate (distal leaves similar, sessile, smaller).

Ray florets

± 13;

corolla laminae ± 15 mm.

± 5;

corolla laminae ca. 10 mm.

Phyllaries

usually ± 21, sometimes ± 13, (8–)10–15 mm, tips usually greenish (often sparsely hairy).

± 13, 4–6 mm, tips green.

Calyculi

of 4–8 lanceolate to lance-linear bractlets (lengths mostly less than 1/2 phyllaries).

0 or of 1–5+ subulate bractlets (lengths about 1/3 phyllaries).

Heads

nodding, 1(–2).

20–50 in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

glabrous.

glabrous.

2n

= 40.

= 40.

Senecio neowebsteri

Senecio cannabifolius

Phenology Flowering late summer–early fall. Flowering summer.
Habitat High talus slopes Open meadows and slopes
Elevation 2200–2600 m (7200–8500 ft) 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
WA
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from FNA
AK; Eurasia
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

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

Senecio cannabifolius barely enters the flora from far-eastern Asia. Infraspecific taxa are recognized within S. cannabifolius in some floras of Asiatic regions; our plants are referable to var. cannabifolius.

Senecio cannabifolius has been treated in Jacobaea by E. Wiebe (2000); see discussion under 53. S. jacobaea.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 553. FNA vol. 20, p. 569.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio
Sibling taxa
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. californicus, 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
Synonyms S. websteri Jacobaea cannabifolia, S. palmatus
Name authority S. F. Blake: Leafl. W. Bot. 8: 143. (1957) Lessing: Linnaea 6: 242. (1831)
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