Senecio taraxacoides Greene

Dandelion ragwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Senecio

Characteristics

Perennials, 5–10(–14) cm (caudi­-ces branched, fibrous-rooted). Herb­age (sometimes purple-tinged) floccose-tomentose (persistently on abaxial faces of leaves, glabrescent elsewhere). Stems single or loosely clustered. Leaves ± evenly distributed; petiolate; blades oblanceolate to ovate, (1–)2–6 × 1–2.5 cm, bases tapered, margins dentate or incised to subpinnatifid (distal leaves bractlike). Heads 1(–5). Calyculi of 2–5 lance-linear bractlets (lengths 1 / 3 – 2 / 3 phyllaries). Phyllaries ± 13 or ± 21, 7–10 mm, tips green. Ray florets usually ± 13, sometimes fewer or 0; corolla laminae 8–12 mm. Cypselae glabrous. 2n = 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:234107-2
WFO ID wfo-0000069090
COL ID 6YGJL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Senecio taraxacoides Ligularia taraxacoides Senecio taraxacoides var. taraxacoides Senecio amplectens var. taraxacoides