Senecio elmeri
Erythea 7: 173. 1899.
Endemic
Synonyms: Senecio crepidineus Greene
Perennials, 10–20 (–30) cm (rhizomes trailing or branching). Herbage unevenly villous-tomentose or floccose, glabrescent. Stems single (from loosely clustered basal leaves). Leaves progressively reduced distally; ± petiolate; blades ovate to oblanceolate, (3–) 4–8 (–10) × 2–3 (–4) cm, bases tapered, margins shallowly dentate (mid and distal leaves smaller, bractlike, often clasping). Heads erect or weakly nodding (especially in bud), (2–) 5–9 (–12) in loose, cymiform arrays. Calyculi of 2–7 lance-linear to linear bractlets (lengths 1/3–2/3 phyllaries). Phyllaries (± 8) ± 13, 8–10 mm, tips black (villous). Ray-florets ± 8; corolla laminae 8–15 mm. Cypselae glabrous. 2n = 40.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Alpine and subalpine rocky sites and talus slopes
Elevation: 2000–3000 m
Discussion
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