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Senecio neowebsteri

Olympic Mountain ragwort

arrow-leaf groundsel, arrow-leaf ragwort, arrowleaf butterweed, groundsel

Habit Perennials, 7–15(–20+) cm (rhizomes fibrous-rooted). Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody).
Herbage

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

glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young.

Stems

single or loosely clustered (erect or arching).

single or loosely clustered.

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;

petiolate;

blades narrowly triangular, (3–)4–10+ × 2–6 cm, bases usually ± truncate, sometimes tapered, margins usually dentate, rarely subentire (distal leaves subsessile, smaller).

Ray florets

± 13;

corolla laminae ± 15 mm.

± 8;

corolla laminae 9–15 mm.

Phyllaries

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

(± 8) ± 13 (± 21), 6–10 mm, tips usually green, rarely black.

Calyculi

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

of 2–6 bractlets (rarely more than 2 mm).

Heads

nodding, 1(–2).

10–30(–60) in corymbiform to subracemiform arrays.

Cypselae

glabrous.

glabrous.

2n

= 40.

= 40, 80.

Senecio neowebsteri

Senecio triangularis

Phenology Flowering late summer–early fall. Flowering summer.
Habitat High talus slopes Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests
Elevation 2200–2600 m (7200–8500 ft) 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft)
Distribution
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

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

Plants of Senecio triangularis with narrow, subentire leaves that taper to the petioles are occasionally encountered in acid bogs in Oregon and Washington and less frequently elsewhere. They are regarded as edaphic variants; they have been recognized as var. angustifolius.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 553. FNA vol. 20, p. 566.
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. 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. viscosus, S. vulgaris, S. warnockii, S. wootonii
Synonyms S. websteri S. gibbonsii, S. saliens, S. triangularis var. angustifolius
Name authority S. F. Blake: Leafl. W. Bot. 8: 143. (1957) Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834)
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