Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis
in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 1: 618. 1876.
Endemic
Synonyms: Senecio occidentalis (A. Gray) Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 564.
Plants mostly 1–2 dm. Stems arching upward. Leaves (smaller and fewer distally) usually smaller than 4 × 2 cm, bases not clasping, margins toothed or subentire. Heads 2–4 (–5). Phyllaries (± 8) ± 13, 5–7 (–8) mm.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Rocky alpine and subalpine sites
Elevation: 2800–4000 m
Discussion
Plants of var. occidentalis grow in the southern Cascade Mountains and the Sierra Nevada.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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introrse +
connate +
papillate +
truncate-penicillate +
scarious +
hispidulous +
papillate +
continuous +
not clasping +
nerved +
obovate;oblanceolate +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
foliaceous +
absent +
usually lance-deltate;linear +
stigmatic +
persistent +
30;80 +
absent +
not 2-lipped +
monomorphic +
staminate +
straight +
distinct +
proximal +
1;5 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
singly +
indeterminate +
2;4 +
glabrous +
surrounding +
turbinate;campanulate +
petiolate +
distributed +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
erect;recurved +
deltate +
scarious +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
falling +
tough +
thick +
absent +
connate +
persistent +
distinct +
herbaceous +
falling +
erect +
subequal +
equal +
in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California +
1876 +
pistillate +
absent +
fertile +
epaleate +
foveolate +
flat;convex +
fibrous +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
Endemic +
alternate +
clustered +
arching +
single +
2-branched +
glabrous +
papillate +
Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis +
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variety +
campanulate +
equaling +
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