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42c. Senecio fremontii Torrey & A. Gray var. blitoides (Greene) Cronquist in C. L. Hitchcock et al., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 5: 290. 1955.

Senecio blitoides Greene, Pittonia 4: 123. 1900; S. carthamoides Greene; S. invenustus Greene

Plants (10–)25–40 cm. Stems straight or gently arching upward. Leaves often to 7 × 3 cm, bases of larger ones weakly clasping, margins toothed or subentire. Heads 1–2(–4). Phyllaries ± 13 or ± 21, 10–12 mm.

Flowering summer. Rocky or gravelly sites in coniferous and alpine associations; 3200–4000 m; Colo., Utah, Wyo.

Plants of var. blitoides grow in the southern Rocky Mountains and adjacent ranges.


 

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