Senecio sylvaticus |
Senecio atratus |
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heath groundsel, wood groundsel, woodland groundsel, woodland ragwort |
tall blacktip ragwort |
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Habit | Annuals, (15–)30–80+ cm (taproots fibrous-rooted). | Perennials, (20–)35–70(–80+) cm (rhizomes or caudices branched, erect to weakly creeping). |
Herbage | puberulent (hairs abundant, curly). |
floccose-tomentose to canescent, sometimes unevenly glabrescent. |
Stems | single. |
1–(2–5). |
Leaves | evenly distributed; petiolate; blades obovate to oblong, 3–7(–12) × 1–3(–4) cm, usually 1–2-pinnate, bases tapered, ultimate margins dentate (distal leaves similar, clasping, bractlike). |
progressively reduced distally; petiolate; blades oblong-ovate to oblanceolate, (5–)10–30 × 1.5–4(–6) cm, bases tapered, margins dentate (denticles, dark, callous; mid leaves similar, sessile, smaller; distal leaves bractlike). |
Ray florets | 0 or 1–8+; corolla laminae usually 1–2+ mm (barely surpassing phyllaries). |
(± 3) ± 5; corolla laminae 5–8 mm. |
Phyllaries | ± 13 (± 21), 4–7+ mm, tips greenish or minutely black. |
(± 5) ± 8, 6–8 mm, tips black. |
Calyculi | 0 or of 1–5+ linear to filiform bractlets. |
of 2–5 linear bractlets (lengths to 1/3 phyllaries). |
Heads | 12–24 in corymbiform arrays. |
20–60+ in corymbiform or subpaniculiform arrays. |
Cypselae | hairy (especially on angles). |
glabrous. |
2n | = 40. |
= 40. (A report of 2n = 46 is presumably erroneous.) |
Senecio sylvaticus |
Senecio atratus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer (northern areas of cool, climate); winter (southern areas). | Flowering late spring–early fall. |
Habitat | Mildly disturbed woodlands, open, sandy sites | Dry or drying, rocky or sandy sites in coniferous areas, especially sites with frequent disturbance |
Elevation | 100–300 m [300–1000 ft] | 2800–4000 m [9200–13100 ft] |
Distribution |
CA; LA; MA; MI; NJ; OH; OR; PA; WA; WI; BC; NB; NF; NS; PE; QC; Eurasia [Introduced in North America]
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CO; NM; UT; WY
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Discussion | Senecio sylvaticus is a Eurasian weed that favors cool, wet climates. It is well established in coastal areas of the Pacific Coast and in parts of Newfoundland and Quebec; elsewhere in the flora, it appears to be sporadic. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 563. | FNA vol. 20, p. 554. |
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Synonyms | S. atratus var. milleflorus, S. milleflorus | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 868. (1753) | Greene: Pittonia 3: 105. (1896) |
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