rayless ragwort

Senecio aronicoides

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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• 40–75 disk flowers
• 0–2 ray flowers, 4–7 mm
• involucre bell-shaped
• inner phyllaries green- or black-tipped
• outer phyllaries 0–few, inconspicuous to > ½ inner
• 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: 2 (1 is research grade)

Locations:

• Ansel Adams Wilderness
• Russian Ridge OSP

Months:

• May: 1
• Jun.: 0
• Jul.: 0
• Aug.: 0
• Sep.: 1

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora