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Asteraceae ¦ Senecio ¦ Senecio atropurpureus ¦ 09695

Label

Accession No.	09695
Family	Asteraceae
Species	Senecio atropurpureus (Ledeb.) Fedtsch.
Common name	"arctic groundsel"
Collector Information	J.G. Harris (3662) 23 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography	Canada, Northwest Territories,
Lat./Long.	67° 27' 58" N, 133° 45 ' 50" W at 33 feet (10 m)
Locality	bank of the Mackenzie River at Dempster Highway crossing.
Ecology	riverbank community.

Taxonomy

Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Tephroseris atropurpurea (Ledeb.) Holub
     Senecio atropurpureus (Ledeb.) Fedtsch.
     Senecio atropurpureus var. dentatus (Gray) Hultén
     Senecio atropurpureus ssp. frigidus (Richards.) Hultén
     Senecio atropurpureus ssp. tomentosus (Kjellm.) Hultén
     Senecio atropurpureus var. ulmeri (Steffen) Porsild
     Senecio frigidus (Richards.) Less.
     Senecio kjellmanii Porsild
     Senecio tichomirovii auct. non Schischkin
     Tephroseris atropurpurea ssp. frigida (Richards.) A.& D. Love
     Tephroseris atropurpurea ssp. tomentosa (Kjellm.) A.& D. Löve
     Tephroseris integrifolia ssp. atropurpurea (Ledeb.) B. Nordenstam

Common Name(s): arctic groundsel, arctic senecio.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=565560, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Asteridae
                            Order: Asterales
                                Family: Asteraceae
                                    Genus: Tephroseris
                                        Species: Tephroseris atropurpurea

Images

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Images of other samples of the same species:

09705

Nearby Accessions

Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.

09713 Alopecurus alpinus var. alpinus "Mountain foxtail" same section
09688 Astragalus alpinus    "alpine milkvetch" same section
09714 Carex bicolor    "twocolor sedge" same section
09717 Cochlearia officinalis ssp. groenlandica same section
09709 Eriophorum angustifolium    "tall cottongrass" same section
09710 Eriophorum angustifolium    "tall cottongrass" same section
09708 Festuca rubra    "red fescue" same section
09724 Galeopsis bifida    "splitlip hempnettle" same section
09725 Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum same section
09686 Oxytropis borealis var. borealis "boreal locoweed" same section
09723 Plantago major    "common plantain" same section
09747 Potentilla anserina    "silverweed" same section
09715 Saxifraga hirculus var. propinqua same section
09691 Stellaria humifusa    "saltmarsh starwort" same section
09690 Stellaria longipes    "meadow starwort" same section
09696 Taraxacum alaskanum    "northern dandelion" same section

Accession	Name	Dist., dir.
09713	Alopecurus alpinus var. alpinus "Mountain foxtail"	same section
09688	Astragalus alpinus "alpine milkvetch"	same section
09714	Carex bicolor "twocolor sedge"	same section
09717	Cochlearia officinalis ssp. groenlandica	same section
09709	Eriophorum angustifolium "tall cottongrass"	same section
09710	Eriophorum angustifolium "tall cottongrass"	same section
09708	Festuca rubra "red fescue"	same section
09724	Galeopsis bifida "splitlip hempnettle"	same section
09725	Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum	same section
09686	Oxytropis borealis var. borealis "boreal locoweed"	same section
09723	Plantago major "common plantain"	same section
09747	Potentilla anserina "silverweed"	same section
09715	Saxifraga hirculus var. propinqua	same section
09691	Stellaria humifusa "saltmarsh starwort"	same section
09690	Stellaria longipes "meadow starwort"	same section
09696	Taraxacum alaskanum "northern dandelion"	same section

Locale

Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Senecio atropurpureus (Ledeb.) Fedtsch.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database

University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Senecio+atropurpureus

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