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fuscate groundsel, lindstr�m's woolly-groundsel, northern groundsel, twice-hairy butterweed

Habit Perennials, 10–25(–50) cm (white or gray, floccose- or lanate-tomentose, hairs somewhat matted, sometimes with closely appressed hairs beneath the matted hairs, unevenly glabrate, especially proximal stems, adaxial faces of leaves, and phyllaries; rhizomes creeping or suberect).
Stems

single or loosely clustered.

Leaves

basal and cauline;

petioles winged (passing into blades);

blades lanceolate to ovate, 3–6(–10) × 1–2.5 cm, margins wavy or subentire to denticulate (cauline similar, narrower, sessile, weakly-clasping, bractlike).

Involucres

± abruptly contracted to peduncles.

Ray florets

usually 13 or 21;

corolla laminae 10–15(–20) mm.

Disc florets

50–80+;

corollas orange or orange-yellow.

Phyllaries

usually 21, purplish (most of lengths, glabrate), (5–)7–10 mm.

Heads

1–4(–6 +).

Cypselae

pubescent;

pappi white.

2n

= 46, 48.

Tephroseris lindstroemii

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Alpine meadows, open tundra
Elevation 1000–3200 m (3300–10500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; MT; WY; BC; NT; YT; e Asia (Russian Far East)
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Discussion

For Russia, S. S. Kharkevich (1985+, vol. 6) and I. M. Krasnoborov et al. (1987+, vol. 13) treated this taxon as T. tundricola subsp. lindstroemii. It has been widely known in American literature as Senecio fuscatus, a misapplied name.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 618.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Tephroseris
Sibling taxa
T. frigida, T. kjellmanii, T. palustris, T. tundricola, T. yukonensis
Synonyms Senecio integrifolius var. lindstroemii, Senecio bivestitus, Senecio lindstroemii, Senecio tundricola subsp. lindstroemii, T. tundricola subsp. lindstroemii
Name authority (Ostenfeld) Á Löve & D. Löve: Bot. Not. 128: 520. (1976)
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