Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio occidentalis (A.Gray) Greene trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 122 (1900) |
Native Range | California to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2800-4000m |
Description | stems ascendent, leaves to 4cm, ovate or obovate, dentate or subentire, sessile, not amplexicaule, capitula 1-5, pedicellate, phyllaries 5-7mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | 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 fremontii var. occidentalis A.Gray Senecio fremontii ssp. ocidentalis (A.Gray) G.W.Douglas & Ruyle-Dougl. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |