Senecio vulgaris |
Senecio integerrimus |
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common groundsel, common ragwort, old-man-in-the-spring |
lambstongue ragwort, mountain butterweed, one-stem butterweed, tall western groundsel, western groundsel |
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Habit | Annuals, (10–)20–50(–60+) cm (taprooted). | Perennials (possibly biennials), (10–)20–70 cm (caudices buttonlike, roots fleshy-fibrous). | ||||||||||||||||
Herbage | glabrous or sparsely and unevenly tomentose when young. |
arachnose, loosely tomentose, or villous (hairs crisped, jointed), glabrescent. |
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Stems | usually 1. |
single. |
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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). |
progressively reduced distally; ± petiolate; blades elliptic, lanceolate, linear, oblanceolate, rounded-deltate, or suborbiculate, 6–25 × 1–6 cm, bases ± tapered or truncate to cordate, margins entire or ± dentate (distal leaves sessile, bractlike). |
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Ray florets | 0. |
usually ± 8 or ± 13, sometimes 0; corolla laminae 6–15(–20) mm (usually yellow, ochroleucous to white in one variety). |
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Phyllaries | ± 21, 4–6 mm, tips usually green, sometimes black. |
usually ± 13 or ± 21, rarely ± 8, (4–)5–12(–15) mm, tips usually black, sometimes green. |
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Calyculi | of 2–4(–6+) bractlets (prominent, black-tipped, lengths about 1/4 phyllaries). |
of 1–5+ linear to filiform bractlets (seldom more than 2 mm). |
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Heads | 8–20 in loose, corymbiform arrays. |
6–20(–40+) in corymbiform arrays (peduncle of terminal head often shorter than others). |
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Cypselae | usually sparsely hairy, sometimes nearly glabrous. |
usually glabrous, sometimes hirtellous (mostly on angles). |
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2n | = 40. |
= 40, 80. |
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Senecio vulgaris |
Senecio integerrimus |
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Phenology | Flowering early spring (through summer in far North). | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Disturbed sites | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1–1000 m (0–3300 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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CA; CO; IA; ID; KS; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; SK
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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.) |
Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). The varieties of Senecio integerrimus are distinguished by morphology and geography. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 562. | FNA vol. 20, p. 556. | ||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Senecio | ||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 867. (1753) | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 165. (1818) | ||||||||||||||||
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