Senecio bigelovii A.Gray

Nodding groundsel (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Perennials, (20–)40–80(–120) cm (caudices fibrous-rooted). Herbage usually floccose-tomentose to glabrescent, sometimes glabrous. Stems single or loosely clustered. Leaves progressively reduced distally; petiolate (proximal); blades ovate to lanceolate, 7–15 × (1–)2–5 cm, bases contracted or tapered, margins subentire or serrate to dentate (mid and distal leaves similar, sessile, bractlike, often clasping). Heads nodding (especially when young), (1–)3–12(–20) in racemiform or paniculiform arrays (terminal heads often largest). Calyculi of 4–10 linear bractlets (lengths mostly 1 / 3 – 1 / 2 phyllaries, sometimes 1 or 2 equaling phyllaries). Phyllaries ± 13 or ± 21, 6–12 mm, tips green. Ray florets 0. Cypselae glabrous. 2n = 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.8
Root system fibrous-root
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Flower color
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Senecio bigelovii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:232726-2
WFO ID wfo-0000136086
COL ID 6YFP8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Senecio bigelovii Senecio rusbyi Ligularia bigelovii Ligularia bigelovii var. bigelovii Senecio bigelovii var. bigelovii Ligularia bigelovii subsp. bigelovii

Lower taxons

Senecio bigelovii var. hallii