Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus

Illustrated
Synonyms: Senecio douglasii var. jamesii (Bentham) L. D. Benson Senecio douglasii var. longilobus Senecio longilobus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 559. Mentioned on page 558.
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Herbage usually tomentose (hairs whitish), sometimes unevenly glabrescent. calyculi: bractlets minute or 0. involucres cylindric or weakly campanulate. phyllaries ± 13 (± 21), 5– 8+ mm.


Phenology: Flowering mostly summer–fall, less frequently spring.
Habitat: Dry, open sandy or rocky plains, streambeds, and canyons
Elevation: 800–2400 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Utah, Mexico

Discussion

Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus intergrades at least to some extent with var. monoensis in areas of overlapping ranges; a case could be made for treating the two as distinct species, as done by A. Cronquist (1994).

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† +
Lessing +
decurrent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
narrowly linear;filiform +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
barbellulate +  and smooth +
white +  and stramineous +
purplish +, reddish +, white +, ochroleucous +, yellow +  and white rarely reddish +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
angled +, 5-ribbed +, prismatic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Utah +  and Mexico +
800–2400 m +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry, open sandy or rocky plains, streambeds, and canyons +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
glabrescent +  and tomentose +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
petiolate +  and sessile +
distributed +
cauline +  and basal +
erect;recurved +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering mostly summer–fall, less frequently spring. +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
mostly oblong +  and lanceolate or linear +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Senecio douglasii var. jamesii +, Senecio douglasii var. longilobus +  and Senecio longilobus +
Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus +
Senecio flaccidus +
variety +
campanulate +
black +  and green +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
shrub +  and subshrub +