Senecio fremontii var. blitoides

(Greene) Cronquist in C. L. Hitchcock et al.

in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 5: 290. 1955.

Endemic
Basionym: Senecio blitoides Greene Pittonia 4: 123. 1900
Synonyms: Senecio carthamoides Greene Senecio invenustus Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 565. Mentioned on page 564.

Plants (10–) 25–40 cm. Stems straight or gently arching upward. Leaves often to 7 × 3 cm, bases of larger ones weakly clasping, margins toothed or subentire. Heads 1–2 (–4). Phyllaries ± 13 or ± 21, 10–12 mm.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Rocky or gravelly sites in coniferous and alpine associations
Elevation: 3200–4000 m

Discussion

Plants of var. blitoides grow in the southern Rocky Mountains and adjacent ranges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
truncate-penicillate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
racemiform +, paniculiform +, corymbiform +  and cymiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Theodore M. Barkley† +
(Greene) Cronquist in C. L. Hitchcock et al. +
less truncate +  and tapered +
Senecio blitoides +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
obovate;oblanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
usually lance-deltate;linear +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
white +  and stramineous +
purplish +, reddish +, white +, ochroleucous +, yellow +  and white rarely reddish +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
strigose-hirtellous +  and glabrous +
angled +, 5-ribbed +, prismatic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Colo. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
3200–4000 m +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Rocky or gravelly sites in coniferous and alpine associations +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
turbinate;campanulate +
distributed +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
smaller +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
erect;recurved +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
subentire +  and toothed +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering summer. +
mostly oblong +  and lanceolate or linear +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
straight +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Senecio carthamoides +  and Senecio invenustus +
Senecio fremontii var. blitoides +
Senecio fremontii +
variety +
campanulate +
brownish +  and green +
denticulate +  and serrate or toothed +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +