Senecio triangularis |
Senecio ampullaceus |
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arrow-leaf groundsel, arrow-leaf ragwort, arrowleaf butterweed, groundsel |
Texas ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). | Annuals, (10–)20–80 cm (roots relatively thin, branching). |
Herbage | glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young. |
loosely arachno-tomentose, unevenly glabrate or 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 (petioles broadly winged); blades ovate-lanceolate, 3–8(–10) × (1–)1.5–3(–4) cm, bases tapered or ± truncate, margins dentate to subentire (mid leaves subsessile, lanceolate; distal subulate, bractlike). |
Ray florets | ± 8; corolla laminae 9–15 mm. |
± 8; corolla laminae 8–15 mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 8) ± 13 (± 21), 6–10 mm, tips usually green, rarely black. |
± 13, (6–)7–10 mm, tips green to grayish. |
Calyculi | of 2–6 bractlets (rarely more than 2 mm). |
of 2–8 bractlets (1–2+ mm). |
Heads | 10–30(–60) in corymbiform to subracemiform arrays. |
(1–)10–30 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | glabrous. |
hirtellous. |
2n | = 40, 80. |
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Senecio triangularis |
Senecio ampullaceus |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering early–mid spring. |
Habitat | Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests | Open sandy or disturbed sites |
Elevation | 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) | 100–800 m (300–2600 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT; PH
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TX
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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.) |
Senecio ampullaceus has been reported for Arkansas and Missouri (St. Louis). It is similar to S. quaylei. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 566. | FNA vol. 20, p. 561. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
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Synonyms | S. gibbonsii, S. saliens, S. triangularis var. angustifolius | S. ampullaceus var. floccosus, S. ampullaceus var. glaberrimus |
Name authority | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) | Hooker: Bot. Mag. 63: plate 3478. (1836) |
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