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

dandelion ragwort

Habit Perennials, (20–)50–120(–200) cm (caudices branched, ± woody). Perennials, 5–10(–14) cm (caudices branched, fibrous-rooted).
Herbage

glabrous or sparsely floccose-tomentose when young.

(sometimes purple-tinged) floccose-tomentose (persistently on abaxial faces of leaves, glabrescent elsewhere).

Stems

single or loosely clustered.

single or loosely 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).

± evenly distributed; petiolate;

blades oblanceolate to ovate, (1–)2–6 × 1–2.5 cm, bases tapered, margins dentate or incised to subpinnatifid (distal leaves bractlike).

Ray florets

± 8;

corolla laminae 9–15 mm.

usually ± 13, sometimes fewer or 0;

corolla laminae 8–12 mm.

Phyllaries

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

± 13 or ± 21, 7–10 mm, tips green.

Calyculi

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

of 2–5 lance-linear bractlets (lengths 1/3–2/3 phyllaries).

Heads

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

1(–5).

Cypselae

glabrous.

glabrous.

2n

= 40, 80.

= 40.

Senecio triangularis

Senecio taraxacoides

Phenology Flowering summer. Late summer.
Habitat Damp places, open woodlands, especially rocky stream banks in coniferous forests Alpine peaks
Elevation 100–3300 m (300–10800 ft) 3500–4000 m (11500–13100 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; NM
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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. 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. triangularis, S. viscosus, S. vulgaris, S. warnockii, S. wootonii
Synonyms S. gibbonsii, S. saliens, S. triangularis var. angustifolius S. amplectens var. taraxacoides, Ligularia taraxacoides
Name authority Hooker: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 332, plate 115. (1834) (A. Gray) Greene: Pittonia 4: 119. (1900)
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