Senecio triangularis |
Senecio ertterae |
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arrow-leaf groundsel, arrow-leaf ragwort, arrowleaf butterweed, groundsel |
ertter's groundsel, ertter's ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). | Annuals, 20–50(–60+) cm (taproots relatively thin, twisted). |
Herbage | glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young. |
(± turgid or subsucculent) unevenly villous-tomentose, glabrescent. |
Stems | single or loosely clustered. |
usually single, rarely clustered. |
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 (basal usually withering before flowering); petiolate (petioles winged); blades oblanceolate to spatulate, 4–7 × 1.5–3 cm, bases tapered, margins incised (distal leaves sessile, bractlike). |
Ray florets | ± 8; corolla laminae 9–15 mm. |
± 8 (± 13?); corolla laminae 5–6 mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 8) ± 13 (± 21), 6–10 mm, tips usually green, rarely black. |
± 13, 6–7 mm, tips green. |
Calyculi | of 2–6 bractlets (rarely more than 2 mm). |
of 1–5+ linear to subulate bractlets (to 4 mm). |
Heads | 10–30(–60) in corymbiform to subracemiform arrays. |
6–10(–20) in cymiform arrays. |
Cypselae | glabrous. |
usually hairy (especially on angles), sometimes glabrous. |
2n | = 40, 80. |
= 40. |
Senecio triangularis |
Senecio ertterae |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests | Talus slopes of greenish yellow ash tuff |
Elevation | 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) | 900–1200 m (3000–3900 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT; PH
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OR |
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 erterrae is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (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 | |
Name authority | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) | T. M. Barkley: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl., ser. 2, 10: 124. (1978) |
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