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

Elmer's butterweed, Elmer's ragwort

Habit Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). Perennials, 10–20(–30) cm (rhizomes trailing or branching).
Herbage

glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young.

unevenly villous-tomentose or floccose, glabrescent.

Stems

single or loosely clustered.

single (from loosely clustered basal leaves).

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 ovate to oblanceolate, (3–)4–8(–10) × 2–3(–4) cm, bases tapered, margins shallowly dentate (mid and distal leaves smaller, bractlike, often clasping).

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.

(± 8) ± 13, 8–10 mm, tips black (villous).

Calyculi

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

of 2–7 lance-linear to linear bractlets (lengths 1/3–2/3 phyllaries).

Heads

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

erect or weakly nodding (especially in bud), (2–)5–9(–12) in loose, cymiform arrays.

Cypselae

glabrous.

glabrous.

2n

= 40, 80.

= 40.

Senecio triangularis

Senecio elmeri

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering summer.
Habitat Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests Alpine and subalpine rocky sites and talus slopes
Elevation 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) 2000–3000 m (6600–9800 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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from FNA
WA; BC
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 566. FNA vol. 20, p. 551.
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. blochmaniae, S. californicus, S. cannabifolius, S. clarkianus, S. crassulus, S. elegans, 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 S. crepidineus
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) Piper: Erythea 7: 173. (1899)
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