Senecio triangularis |
Senecio parryi |
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arrow-leaf groundsel, arrow-leaf ragwort, arrowleaf butterweed, groundsel |
mountain ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). | Perennials (annuals?), 30–60(–100) cm (apparently taprooted). |
Herbage | glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young. |
viscid-pubescent (reputedly notably odorous). |
Stems | single or loosely clustered. |
single (sometimes branching). |
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 (basal and proximal sometimes withering before flowering); weakly petiolate; blades ovate or obovate to suborbiculate, spatulate, or lanceolate, 8–12 × 2–4 cm, bases tapered to truncate, margins dentate (mid and distal leaves similar, triangular-lanceolate, bases truncate, clasping). |
Ray florets | ± 8; corolla laminae 9–15 mm. |
± 13; corolla laminae 8–10(–12+) mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 8) ± 13 (± 21), 6–10 mm, tips usually green, rarely black. |
± 21, 6–7 mm, tips greenish. |
Calyculi | of 2–6 bractlets (rarely more than 2 mm). |
of 5–15+ lanceolate or linear to subulate bractlets (lengths 1/3–7/8+ phyllaries). |
Heads | 10–30(–60) in corymbiform to subracemiform arrays. |
12–30 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | glabrous. |
hairy. |
2n | = 40, 80. |
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Senecio triangularis |
Senecio parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests | Rocky, disturbed sites in desert mountains |
Elevation | 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) | 1300–2300 m (4300–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT; PH
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico |
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 parryi is infrequently collected and poorly known. In the flora, it is known from trans-Pecos Texas westward to southern Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 566. | FNA vol. 20, p. 568. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | S. gibbonsii, S. saliens, S. triangularis var. angustifolius | |
Name authority | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) | A. Gray: in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 103. (1859) |
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