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Greene

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 122, plate 331, figs. 1, 2. 1898.

Synonyms: Senecio anacletus Greene
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Latest revision as of 19:59, 5 November 2020

Perennials, (15–)20–45(–60) cm (caudices erect or weakly spreading). Herbage nearly always glaucous, glabrous. Stems single or clustered. Leaves (thickish and turgid) progressively reduced distally; petiolate; blades ovate or obovate to lanceolate, 4–9(–15+) × 1.5–3(–4+) cm, bases tapered, margins wavy or subentire (often with callous denticles; mid and distal leaves sessile, bractlike). Heads (3–)8–24+ in corymbiform arrays. Calyculi of 1–3+ oblong to lance-linear bractlets (less than 3 mm). Phyllaries ± 13 (± 21), 6–9 mm, tips green to brownish (not blackened). Ray florets 8–10; corolla laminae 4–10 mm. Cypselae glabrous. 2n = 40.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Damp or drying sites, often in rocky, moderately disturbed sites
Elevation: 2000–3500 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico.

Discussion

Senecio wootonii reaches its southern limit in Coahuila and Chihuahua, Mexico; farther south, it is replaced by S. toluccanus de Candolle, a similar, larger, more robust species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.