View source for Senecio sphaerocephalus

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Senecio sphaerocephalus
|accepted_authority=Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pittonia
|place=3: 106. 1896
|year=1896
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio altus
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio latus
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio lugens var. hookeri
|authority=D. C. Eaton
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Senecio;Senecio sphaerocephalus
|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 sphaerocephalus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 547, 558
|treatment_page=page 555
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> (30–)40–80 cm (rhizomes stout). <b>Herbage</b> tomentose, unevenly glabrescent. <b>Stems</b> single. <b>Leaves</b> reduced distally; petiolate; blades oblanceolate to elliptic, 4–12× 1–4 cm, bases tapered, margins weakly dentate or denticulate (denticles callous; mid leaves similar, smaller; distal leaves bractlike). <b>Heads</b> (3–)5–24 in corymbiform arrays. <b>Calyculi</b> of 1–5 bractlets (longest 2–3 mm). <b>Phyllaries</b> (± 13) ± 21, 3–7 mm, tips black or brownish. <b>Ray</b> florets ± 13; corolla laminae 6–10 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> usually hairy, sometimes glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Open meadows, especially in coniferous associations
|elevation=1000–1800 m
|distribution=Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Senecio sphaerocephalus
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Senecio altus;Senecio latus;Senecio lugens var. hookeri
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–early summer.
|habitat=Open meadows, especially in coniferous associations
|elevation=1000–1800 m
|distribution=Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Pittonia
|publication year=1896
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_1228.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Senecio
|species=Senecio sphaerocephalus
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