Senecio integerrimus

Senecio integerrimus
S. integerrimus with unidentified Coleoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Senecio
Species: S. integerrimus
Binomial name
Senecio integerrimus
Nutt.

Senecio integerrimus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names lambstongue ragwort[1] and tall western groundsel. It is native to western and central North America, where it grows in grassland, forest, and other habitat. It is a biennial or perennial herb producing a single erect stem 20 to 70 centimeters tall from a caudex with a fleshy root. The linear to lance-shaped or triangular leaves have blades up to 25 centimeters long. The herbage is slightly hairy to woolly or cobwebby. The inflorescence bears several flower heads in a cluster, the middle, terminal head often largest and held on a shorter peduncle, making the cluster look flat. The heads contain many disc florets and usually 8 or 13 ray florets which may be yellow to cream to white in color. Some heads lack ray florets.

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References

  1. ↑ "Senecio integerrimus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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