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Dwarf Mountain Ragwort

Senecio fremontii Torr. & A. Gray

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The varieties are distinguished by morphologic tendencies plus their geographic ranges.
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Description

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Perennials, 10–30(–40) cm (perennating bases subrhizomatous, spreading, sometimes knotty-woody). Herbage (often purple-tinged) glabrous. Stems clustered (arching upward to semiprostrate). Leaves evenly distributed or smaller and fewer distally (somewhat stiffish-succulent when fresh, proximalmost and distalmost often smaller, bractlike); petiolate; blades ovate or obovate to oblanceolate, 2–5(–7) × 1–3(–4) cm, bases ± truncate to tapered, margins laciniate to dentate or subentire. Heads 1–5+. Calyculi 0 or of 1–5+ usually lance-deltate to linear, sometimes foliaceous, bractlets (lengths mostly 1 / 5 – 1 / 2 phyllaries). Phyllaries (± 8) ± 13 (± 21), 5–12 mm, tips green or brownish. Ray florets ± 8; corolla laminae 8–12 mm. Cypselae glabrous or strigose-hirtellous, at least on angles. 2n = 40, 40+, 80.
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Synonym

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Senecio ductoris Piper.
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 549, 560, 564 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Senecio fremontii

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Senecio fremontii, the dwarf mountain ragwort,[4] is a species of the family Asteraceae. It takes its scientific name from John C. Frémont.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Senecio fremontii". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2008-05-24.
  2. ^ "Senecio fremontii". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2008-05-24.
  3. ^ "Senecio fremontii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Senecio fremontii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  5. ^ Michael L. Charters. "Botanical Names: F". California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations. Sierra Madre, CA. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

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Senecio fremontii: Brief Summary

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Senecio fremontii, the dwarf mountain ragwort, is a species of the family Asteraceae. It takes its scientific name from John C. Frémont.

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