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

San Gabriel ragwort

Habit Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). Perennials, 40–100 cm (caudices unknown).
Herbage

glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young.

unevenly floccose-lanate or tomentose, glabrescent.

Stems

single or loosely clustered.

single.

Leaves

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).

progressively reduced distally;

petiolate;

blades elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, 10–20(–30?) × 3–7+ cm, bases tapered, margins dentate to denticulate (teeth cartilaginous; mid leaves similar, sessile, smaller; distal leaves bractlike).

Ray florets

± 8;

corolla laminae 9–15 mm.

0.

Phyllaries

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

± 21, 7–8 mm, tips greenish.

Calyculi

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

of 5–8+ lance-linear to filiform bractlets (lengths 1/3–7/8 phyllaries).

Heads

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

10–20+ in loose or congested, cymiform arrays.

Cypselae

glabrous.

glabrous.

2n

= 40, 80.

= 40.

Senecio triangularis

Senecio astephanus

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering spring.
Habitat Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests Steep, rocky slopes
Elevation 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) 400–1500 m (1300–4900 ft)
Distribution
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AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT; PH
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CA
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Discussion

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.)

Of conservation concern.

Senecio astephanus is collected infrequently.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 566. FNA vol. 20, p. 553.
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. 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
S. actinella, S. amplectens, S. ampullaceus, S. aphanactis, S. arizonicus, S. aronicoides, 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. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris, S. warnockii, S. wootonii
Synonyms S. gibbonsii, S. saliens, S. triangularis var. angustifolius
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) Greene: Pittonia 1: 174. (1888)
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