Threadleaf Groundsel
Common Name: Threadleaf Groundsel
Other Names: Woolly Groundsel, Threadleaf Ragwort
Species Name: Senecio flaccidus
Plant Type: Forb
Family Name: Asteraceae, Sunflower Family
| Plant Facts | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Native |
| Duration | Perennial |
| Distribution in the U.S. | South Central; Kansas and Colorado to Texas and Arizona |
| Distribution in Oklahoma | Tip of Panhandle and far southwestern corner |
ID Characteristics
- Field Identification Characteristics
Vegetative
- Leaves and stems covered in fuzzy white hairs
- Narrow, lobed leaves
- Stems branching from thick shaggy root
Floral
- Flowers yellow with noticeable head underneath ray petals
- Leaf and Stem Characteristics
- Leaf Type: Simple
- Leaf Arrangement: Alternate
- Leaf Shape: Pinnately lobed; filiform lobes
- Stipules: Absent
- Floral Characteristics
- Petal Number: 8-13
- Flower Color: Yellow
- Flower Timing: June-August
- Fruit Type: Achene
| Habitat/Ecology | |
|---|---|
| Soil Type | Sandy and rocky soil |
| Habitat | Dry rocky plains, deserts and pinyon-juniper rangeland |
| Successional Stage | Early |
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