Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio fremontii Torr. & A.Gray trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Senecio ductoris Piper |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2500-4000m |
Description | glabrous, leaves petiolate, ovate to oblanceolate, margins lacerate to subentire, capitula 1-5, involucre 5-11mm, ligules 8-12mm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
fremontii blitoides (Greene) Cronquist, Vasc. Pl. Pacific N.W. [C.L. Hitchcock & al.] 5: 290 (1955)
fremontii occidentalis A.Gray, Bot. California [W.Brewer] 1: 618 (1876)
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