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Species
Senecio spartioides [Senecio multicapitatus]
Family
Asteraceae
CommonName
broom-like ragwort
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1922
LatestDate
2021
Ecosystem
basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban
Geobotanical
SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
Passes
La Manga
WildlifePreserves
Baca, Blanca Wetlands, Great Sand Dunes, Russell Lakes, San Luis Lakes, Sanchez Reservoir, San Miguel
Other Localities
PhotoRecords
YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Pinos Creek Road 28 July 2017; Rio Grande Co, town of Del Norte, edge of parking lot 12 Aug 2021
Comments
Senecio spartioides is recorded from shrubland of the Upper Basin, but not of the Lower Basin. It prefers foothills but does range up into the montane. Occasionally it can be found on ruderal ground and inside city limits. Primarily it is a USA Southwest plant that extends into Wyoming and the western Great Plains. BONAP shows occurrences in the Big Bend country of Texas, but otherwise the species follows the Rio Grande drainage only through New Mexico down to the Mexican border counties. Some authorities (e.g., Ackerfield 2022) separate S. spartioides (with largely entire leaves) and S. multicapitatus (with leaves partedinto filiform lobes). FNA says that that the character "is inconsistent throughout the range and recogition of the two entities is all but impossible to maintain."
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