| Other Names | Texas Butterweed, Ragwort(?) | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Senecio ampulaceus | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Aster ( Asteraceae ) | ||||||||||||
| Butterweed
Very difficult to distinguish amongst Senecia. All with yellow (narrow, rounded end) ray and yellow disc flowers. Ray flowers often turned backwards exposing disc flowers. S. ampullaceus grows 1-2 feet tall. Leaves clasp the stem and are 1-3 inches long. One main vein down the center of leaf. 2-4 blossoms per stem. 7-9 ray flowers per flower head. Clumpy, wooly gray hair on the spoonlike basal leaves and the narrow, triangular upper stem leaves differentiate this from other butterweeds. | |||||||||||||
March - May
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