Senecio serra
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Senecio |
| Species: | S. serra
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Senecio serra is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names tall ragwort[1] and sawtooth groundsel. It is native to the western United States, where it can be found in several types of habitat, including sagebrush and woodlands. It is a perennial herb producing a single erect stem or a cluster of stems from a branched, woody caudex. The plant can exceed two meters in height. It is hairless in texture, with young plants sometimes appearing fuzzy, and green to red-tinged in color. The leaves have lance-shaped blades up to 20 centimeters long borne on short petioles, the leaves occurring evenly all along the stems. The inflorescence is a spreading array of many flower heads, each lined with green- or black-tipped phyllaries. The heads contain yellow disc florets and 5 to 8 yellow ray florets each under a centimeter long.
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Senecio serra". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
External links
[edit]- Jepson Manual Treatment: var. serra
- USDA Plants Profile
- Flora of North America
- Washington Burke Museum
- Photo gallery
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