Senecio pseudaureus Rydb.
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Authority
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - This is nearest related to the eastern 5. aureus and has the same subcordate, thin, basal leaves, but these are distinctly serrate, instead of crenate. It is the most common species of the group in the Rockies, growing in wet meadows at an altitude of 1000- 3000 m. [Plate 5, f 10.]
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Discussion
Montana : Little Belt Mountains, 1896, Flodman, 918 (type); Madison Co., Mrs. McNulty ; Bear Gulch, 1887 F. Tweedy, 340; Columbia Falls, Mrs. Kennedy, 9 ; Spanish Basin, 1897, Rydberg & Bessey, 5263 ; Indian Creek, 3264. Wyoming : Lone Star Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Park, 1 897, Rydberg & Bessey, 3262. Colorado: Grizzley Creek, 1896, C. F. Baker; Long's Peak, 1886, G. W. Letterman ; Mancos, 1898, Baker, Earle & Tracy, 45- New Mexico: Pecos River, 8 miles east of Glorietta, 1897, A.A.&E. Gertrude Heller, 3682. Utah: E. Humbolt Mts., 1868, S. Watson, 667.
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Distribution
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico.
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