coastal burnweed

Senecio minimus

Member of groundsels (genus Senecio)
groundsels and allies (tribe Senecioneae)
sunflower family (family Asteraceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

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• 3–5 disk flowers
• 9–20+ ray flowers, stigma only with no ray petal
• involucre cylindric
• inner phyllaries generally minutely black-tipped
• outer phyllaries inconspicuous
• leaves entire, margin sharply and evenly fine-dentate
• common

Toxicity of dusty miller, rosary beads, rosary pearls, string of beads, string of pearls (Senecio spp.):
4 – Ingestion of these plants, especially in large amounts, is expected to cause serious effects to the heart, liver, kidneys or brain. If ingested in any amount, call the poison center immediately.

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Chris’s observations: 4 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

• Jacks Peak CP: 2
• El Corte de Madera OSP
• San Bruno Mountain State & County Park

Months:

• Aug.: 2
• Sep.: 0
• Oct.: 2

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora