Senecio lemmonii – Lemmon's Ragwort

Senecio lemmonii - Lemmon's Ragwort, Lemmon's Butterweed, Lemmon Groundsel

Senecio lemmonii - Lemmon's Ragwort, Lemmon's Butterweed, Lemmon Groundsel

Plant Name

Scientific Name: Senecio lemmonii

Common Names: Lemmon's Ragwort, Lemmon's Butterweed, Lemmon Groundsel

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial

Growth Habit: Subshrub, Herb/Forb

Arizona Native Status: Native

Habitat: Desert. This wildflower grows on rocky slopes.

Flower Color: Yellow disks and rays

Flowering Season: Spring

Height: To 3 feet (91 cm) tall

Description: The flower heads are 1 1/5 inches (3 cm) wide with orange yellow disks and bright yellow, round-tipped rays. The leaves clasp the stems and are dark green, alternate, toothed, and lance-shaped. The stems are upright, highly branched, and reddish at the base.

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus: Senecio L. – ragwort
Species: Senecio lemmonii A. Gray – Lemmon's ragwort

More About This Plant

Arizona County Distribution Map