Senecio triangularis |
Senecio pattersonensis |
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arrow-leaf groundsel, arrow-leaf ragwort, arrowleaf butterweed, groundsel |
Mono ragwort, Mount Patterson senecio |
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Habit | Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). | Perennials, to 10 cm (rhizomes branching). |
Herbage | glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young. |
(sometimes reddish-tinged, especially proximally) glabrous. |
Stems | single or loosely clustered. |
1–3 (arching upward). |
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 (proximal often withering before flowering); obscurely petiolate or sessile; blades oblanceolate to lance-linear (sometimes with 1–2 lateral lobes), 2–4 cm × 3–5 mm, bases subdecurrent, weakly clasping, margins entire or wavy (often revolute). |
Ray florets | ± 8; corolla laminae 9–15 mm. |
± 8; corolla laminae 5–10 mm. |
Phyllaries | (± 8) ± 13 (± 21), 6–10 mm, tips usually green, rarely black. |
± 13, 5–7(–8) mm. |
Calyculi | of 2–6 bractlets (rarely more than 2 mm). |
of 3–5+ (inconspicuous) bractlets. |
Heads | 10–30(–60) in corymbiform to subracemiform arrays. |
1(–4). |
Cypselae | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
2n | = 40, 80. |
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Senecio triangularis |
Senecio pattersonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests | Talus slopes |
Elevation | 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) | 3000–3700 m (9800–12100 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; WA; WY; AB; BC; NT; YT; PH
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CA; NV |
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 pattersonensis has the aspect of a depauperate S. fremontii with notably narrow leaves. Some plants in collections appear to be intergrades with S. spartioides. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 566. | FNA vol. 20, p. 564. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | S. gibbonsii, S. saliens, S. triangularis var. angustifolius | S. revolutus |
Name authority | Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) | Hoover: Leafl. W. Bot. 5: 60. (1947) |
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