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

openwoods ragwort

Habit Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). Perennials, (20–)30–60 cm (rhizomes branched, spreading or suberect).
Herbage

glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young.

(unevenly purple-tinged, often glaucous) glabrous.

Stems

single or loosely clustered.

1–(2–3).

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, 4–8(–9+) × (2–)3–5 cm, bases tapered, margins dentate to incised-dentate (some denticles callous; mid leaves similar, smaller, ± clasping; distal leaves bractlike).

Ray florets

± 8;

corolla laminae 9–15 mm.

0.

Phyllaries

(± 8) ± 13 (± 21), 6–10 mm, tips usually green, rarely black.

(± 5) ± 8, 3–4(–5) mm, tips green or brownish.

Calyculi

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

0 or of 1–3+ lance-deltate to lance-linear bractlets (mostly less than 1 mm).

Heads

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

25–60+ in cymiform clusters of 3–12.

Cypselae

glabrous.

glabrous.

2n

= 40, 80.

= 40.

Senecio triangularis

Senecio rapifolius

Phenology Flowering summer. Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests Rocky hillsides and cliffs in coniferous wooded areas
Elevation 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) 1800–2800 m (5900–9200 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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CO; ID; SD; WY
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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. 553.
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. 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. 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
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 409. (1841)
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