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tall ragwort

Ray florets

± 8;

corolla laminae 7–10 mm.

Disc florets

20–40+.

Phyllaries

± 13, 7–9 mm.

Heads

(12–)30–50.

Senecio serra var. admirabilis

Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Stream banks, wet sites, open coniferous woodlands
Elevation 2500–3200 m (8200–10500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; UT; WY
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Variety admirabilis occurs on the southern Rocky Mountains of Wyoming and Colorado and in the La Sal Mountains of Utah.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 567.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio > Senecio serra
Sibling taxa
S. serra var. serra
Synonyms S. admirabilis
Name authority (Greene) A. Nelson: in J. M. Coulter and A. Nelson, New Man. Bot. Rocky Mt., 579. (1909)
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