Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio blitoides Greene trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 123 (1900) |
Native Range | Utah to Wyoming and Colorado |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3200-4000m |
Description | stems erect, leaves to 7cm, spathulate-oblong to obovate-oblong, coarsely dentate, sessile, semiamplexicaule, capitula solitary, pedicellate, phyllaries 8-12mm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | deep yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio carthamoides Greene Senecio fremontii var. blitoides (Greene) Cronquist Senecio fremontii ssp. blitoides (Greene) W.A.Weber Senecio invenustus Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |