View source for Senecio bigelovii

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|accepted_name=Senecio bigelovii
|accepted_authority=A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|place=4(5): 111. 1857
|year=1857
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ligularia bigelovii
|authority=(A. Gray) W. A. Weber
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Senecio;Senecio bigelovii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Senecio]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Senecio bigelovii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 546
|treatment_page=page 549
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> (20–)40–80(–120) cm (caudices fibrous-rooted). <b>Herbage</b> usually floccose-tomentose to glabrescent, sometimes glabrous. <b>Stems</b> single or loosely clustered. <b>Leaves</b> 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). <b>Heads</b> nodding (especially when young), (1–)3–12(–20) in racemiform or paniculiform arrays (terminal heads often largest). <b>Calyculi</b> of 4–10 linear bractlets (lengths mostly 1/3–1/2 phyllaries, sometimes 1 or 2 equaling phyllaries). <b>Phyllaries</b> ± 13 or ± 21, 6–12 mm, tips green. <b>Ray</b> florets 0. <b>Cypselae</b> glabrous. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.;s Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas of the United States.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The two varieties of <i>Senecio bigelovii</i> are distinguished by morphologic tendencies and by geography.</p>
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Herbage glabrous or nearly so (at flowering); blades of proximal leaves often abruptly contracted or at least obtuse at bases; mid and distal leaves clasping; phyllaries mostly 13, 6–8+ mm
|[[Senecio bigelovii var. bigelovii|Senecio bigelovii var. bigelovii]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Herbage often floccose-tomentose, especially among heads and on abaxial faces of leaves; blades of proximal leaves usually tapered to petioles; mid and distal leaves weakly, if at all, clasping; phyllaries mostly 21, (7–)8–12 mm
|[[Senecio bigelovii var. hallii|Senecio bigelovii var. hallii]]
|}
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name=Senecio bigelovii
|authority=A. Gray in War Department [U.S.]
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ligularia bigelovii
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.;s Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas of the United States.
|reference=None
|publication title=in War Department [U.S.], Pacif. Railr. Rep.
|publication year=1857
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_1205.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Senecio
|species=Senecio bigelovii
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