Plants mostly 1–2 dm. Stems arching upward. Leaves (± equally developed along stems) usually smaller than 4 × 2 cm, bases not clasping, margins toothed or subentire. Heads (1–)3–5. Phyllaries (± 8) ± 13, (7–)8–10 mm.

Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Talus slopes, rocky sites, subalpine and high coniferous associations
Elevation: 2500–3500 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Variety fremontii grows in the northern Rocky Mountains and interior ranges. Apparently, the plants intergrade locally with Senecio spartioides in the mountains of the Great Basin.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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