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heath groundsel, wood groundsel, woodland groundsel, woodland ragwort
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bashful ragwort
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| Annuals, (15–)30–80+ cm (taproots fibrous-rooted). |
Perennials or biennials (possibly winter annuals), 50–80 cm (caudices fibrous-rooted). |
puberulent (hairs abundant, curly). |
glabrous. |
single. |
usually single, sometimes loosely clustered. |
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 narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, 8–15(–20+) × (0.5–)1–3(–4) cm, bases tapered, margins entire or dentate (mid and distal leaves sessile, bractlike). |
0 or 1–8+; corolla laminae usually 1–2+ mm (barely surpassing phyllaries). |
0. |
± 13 (± 21), 4–7+ mm, tips greenish or minutely black. |
usually ± 13, rarely ± 8, 5–9 mm, tips green. |
0 or of 1–5+ linear to filiform bractlets. |
of 2–6 lance-linear bractlets. |
12–24 in corymbiform arrays. |
nodding, (3–)8–16(–40+) in racemiform or paniculiform arrays. |
hairy (especially on angles). |
glabrous. |
= 40. |
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| Flowering late spring–summer (northern areas of cool, climate); winter (southern areas). |
Flowering summer–early autumn. |
| Mildly disturbed woodlands, open, sandy sites |
Rocky, damp or drying hillsides, often coniferous and aspen woodlands |
| 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) |
2400–3800 m (7900–12500 ft) |
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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 |
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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| FNA vol. 20, p. 563. |
FNA vol. 20, p. 550. |
| 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. 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. 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. 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 |
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S. cernuus, Ligularia pudica |
| Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 868. (1753) |
Greene: Pittonia 4: 118. (1900) |
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