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
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