Status: Native
Synonyms:
Senecio multicapitatus Greenman ex Rydberg
Senecio spartioides Torrey & Gray var. multicapitatus (Greenman ex Rydberg) S.L. Welsh
Senecio spartioides is a woody shrub to about a meter tall. The leaves are pinnatifid with linear segments. The flowers are erect and radiate (have both disc and ray flowers.) The phyllaries are not brown or black tipped as in S. eremophilus var. macdougalii and there are usually 8 of them (usally about 13 with S. riddellii.) The involucre is about 4mm wide (usually about 8mm in S. riddellii) and the achenes are pubescent.
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Senecio spartioides, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 12, 2009
Senecio spartioides, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Tularosa River at Apache Creek, Aug. 11, 2009
Senecio spartioides, closeup of inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Tularosa River at Apache Creek, Aug. 11, 2009
Senecio spartioides, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 12, 2009
Senecio spartioides, field macro of (immature) achenes, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Tularosa River at Apache Creek, Aug. 11, 2009
Senecio spartioides, closeup of mature achenes, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 12, 2009
Senecio spartioides, macro of 4mm involucre, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 12, 2009
Senecio spartioides, macro of about 8 phyllaries, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Quemado Lake, Aug. 12, 2009
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