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

Blochman's ragwort, dune ragwort

Habit Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). Subshrubs, 45–130 cm (taproots forming woody crowns).
Herbage

glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young.

glabrous or sparsely hairy.

Stems

single or loosely clustered.

usually multiple (arching upwards).

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).

evenly distributed (often crowded; proximal often withering and pendulous);

sessile or ± petiolate;

blades linear-filiform, 3–12 cm × 1–3 mm, bases ± linear, margins entire.

Ray florets

± 8;

corolla laminae 9–15 mm.

± 8;

corolla laminae 8–10 mm.

Phyllaries

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

± 13, 7–10 mm, tips green.

Calyculi

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

0 or of 1–3+ lance-deltate to linear bractlets (lengths to 1/4 phyllaries).

Heads

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

5–20 in corymbiform arrays (involucres campanulate).

Cypselae

glabrous.

hirtellous (canescent).

2n

= 40, 80.

= 40.

Senecio triangularis

Senecio blochmaniae

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests Coastal sand dunes and sandy, open flood plains
Elevation 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) 0–100 m (0–300 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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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.

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 566. FNA vol. 20, p. 560.
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. astephanus, S. atratus, S. bigelovii, 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: Erythaea 1: 7. (1893)
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