Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio taraxacoides (A.Gray) Greene trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 119 (1900) |
Native Range | Colorado to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | floccose-tomentose, leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to ovate, 2-6cm, dentate to pinnatifid, upper leaves bract-like, capitula solitary, ligules 0-13, 8-12mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Ligularia taraxacoides (A.Gray) W.A.Weber Senecio amplectens var. taraxacoides A.Gray Senecio taraxacoides var. nudatus Osterh. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |