Senecio vulgaris |
Senecio actinella |
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common groundsel, common ragwort, old-man-in-the-spring |
Flagstaff ragwort |
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Habit | Annuals, (10–)20–50(–60+) cm (taprooted). | Perennials, (7–)20–30(–40+) cm (rhizomes exfoliating). |
Herbage | glabrous or sparsely and unevenly tomentose when young. |
densely lanate-tomentose, glabrescent (especially on adaxial faces of leaves). |
Stems | usually 1. |
single. |
Leaves | evenly distributed; petiolate; blades ovate to oblanceolate, 2–10 × 0.5–2(–4) cm, bases tapered, margins lobulate to dentate, ultimate margins often secondarily dentate to denticulate (distal leaves sessile). |
mostly basal; petiolate; blades narrowly obovate, (2–)3–7(–10) × 1–2(–3+) cm, bases tapered, margins subentire to denticulate (cauline leaves bractlike). |
Ray florets | 0. |
± 13; corolla laminae usually 8–10 mm (sometimes tubular, unexpanded, heads then perhaps technically disciform). |
Phyllaries | ± 21, 4–6 mm, tips usually green, sometimes black. |
± 21, 8–12 mm, tips greenish (with white bristles). |
Calyculi | of 2–4(–6+) bractlets (prominent, black-tipped, lengths about 1/4 phyllaries). |
of (1–)5–8+ linear to filiform bractlets (lengths 1/3–3/4 phyllaries). |
Heads | 8–20 in loose, corymbiform arrays. |
1(–3). |
Cypselae | usually sparsely hairy, sometimes nearly glabrous. |
hairy. |
2n | = 40. |
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Senecio vulgaris |
Senecio actinella |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring (through summer in far North). | Flowering summer. |
Habitat | Disturbed sites | In duff, rocky woodlands, especially in pine-dominated areas |
Elevation | 1–1000 m (0–3300 ft) | 2000–3000 m (6600–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; AL; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NV; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM; Greenland; Eurasia [Probably introduced]
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AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango)
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Discussion | Senecio vulgaris has not been collected in the Canadian Arctic north of Hudson Bay. A widely scattered weed of Eurasian origin, Senecio vulgaris is particularly abundant in southern areas of cool damp winters or northern areas of cool damp summers. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Plants of Senecio actinella with relatively small proximal leaves similar to basal leaves and adaxial leaf faces early glabrate have been recognized as var. mogollonicus; the distinction is difficult to maintain. Receptacles in Senecio actinella are sometimes insect-infested. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 562. | FNA vol. 20, p. 553. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | S. actinella var. mogollonicus, S. mogollonicus | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 867. (1753) | Greene: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 10: 87. (1883) |
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