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|accepted_name=Senecio californicus
|accepted_authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=6: 426. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio ammophilus
|authority=Greene
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio californicus var. ammophilus
|authority=Greenman
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio coronopus
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Senecio;Senecio californicus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Senecio]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Senecio californicus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 548, 568
|treatment_page=page 561
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> (5–)10–30(–50+) cm (taprooted). <b>Herbage</b> glabrous or sparsely tomentose. <b>Stems</b> usually single (erect), sometimes 2–6 (branching from bases, arching upward). <b>Leaves</b> (sometimes subsucculent) evenly distributed; ± petiolate (proximal); blades linear-lanceolate to lanceolate 2–5(–7+) × 0.5–2(–3+) cm, bases tapered, margins subpinnatifid to dentate or subentire (mid and distal leaves sessile, bases clasping). <b>Heads</b> usually 3–10(–20+) in open, cymiform arrays, sometimes borne singly (depauperate plants). <b>Calyculi</b> of 5–8+ lanceolate to lance-linear or filiform bractlets (0.5–3 mm, usually inconspicuous). <b>Phyllaries</b> ± 21 (sometimes fewer), 5–7(–8) mm, tips black. <b>Ray</b> florets ± 13; corolla laminae 8–11 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> hirtellous-strigose. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring.
|habitat=Sandy, dry or drying sites, especially near coast
|elevation=0–1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Dwarfish, subsucculent plants of <i>Senecio californicus</i> from near the coast have been recognized as S. ammophilus.</p>
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name=Senecio californicus
|author=
|authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Senecio ammophilus;Senecio californicus var. ammophilus;Senecio coronopus
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring.
|habitat=Sandy, dry or drying sites, especially near coast
|elevation=0–1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Senecio
|species=Senecio californicus
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