View source for Senecio eremophilus

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Senecio eremophilus
|accepted_authority=Richardson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea,
|place=759. 1823
|year=1823
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Senecio;Senecio eremophilus
|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 eremophilus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 549, 560
|treatment_page=page 565
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> (20–)40–80(–140) cm (caudices branched, fibrous-rooted). <b>Herbage</b> glabrous or glabrate. <b>Stems</b> single or loosely clustered. <b>Leaves</b> ± evenly distributed (proximal often withering before flowering); petiolate or sessile; blades ovate or lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate, (3–)6–12(–20) × (1–)1.5–5(–7) cm, bases tapered, margins usually pinnate to lacerate, sometimes dentate. <b>Heads</b> 10–60+ in compound corymbiform arrays. <b>Calyculi</b> of 3–5+ (prominent or inconspicuous) bractlets (lengths to 3/4 phyllaries). <b>Phyllaries</b> (± 8) ± 13, 3–8+ mm, tips green or black. <b>Ray</b> florets ± 8; corolla laminae 5–10 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> usually glabrous, sometimes hirtellous. <b>2n</b> = 38, 40, 44.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Sask.;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.Mex.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wyo.;Mostly n;w North America.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Varieties of <i>Senecio eremophilus</i> are distinguished by head size and distribution. Varieties eremophilus and macdougalii are notably different; <i></i>var.<i> kingii</i> is intermediate in both morphology and distribution.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Calyculi: bractlets prominent (lengths of at least some to about 3/4 phyllaries); involucres 7–10 mm diam.; phyllaries 6–8 mm, tips green or weakly, if at all, black
|[[Senecio eremophilus var. eremophilus|Senecio eremophilus var. eremophilus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Calyculi: bractlets conspicuous or inconspicuous (lengths rarely to 1/2 phyllaries); involucres 5–8 mm diam.; phyllaries 3–6 mm, tips usually black
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Calyculi: bractlets conspicuous (lengths to 1/2 phyllaries); involucres (5–)6–8 diam.; phyllaries ± 13, (4–)5–6 mm
|[[Senecio eremophilus var. kingii|Senecio eremophilus var. kingii]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Calyculi: bractlets inconspicuous; involucres 4–5(–6) mm diam.; phyllaries ± 8 or ± 13, 3–5 mm
|[[Senecio eremophilus var. macdougalii|Senecio eremophilus var. macdougalii]]
|}
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name=Senecio eremophilus
|authority=Richardson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Sask.;Alaska;Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.Mex.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wyo.;Mostly n;w North America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea,
|publication year=1823
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_1263.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Senecio
|species=Senecio eremophilus
}}<!--

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