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§1 Plant
Senecio spartioides Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular broom-like ragwort — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Senecio
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 100 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 100 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
California view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Alamosa 08003
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Crowley 08025
- Custer 08027
- Denver 08031
- Dolores 08033
- El Paso 08041
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montrose 08085
- Otero 08089
- Ouray 08091
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Curry 35009
- Dona Ana 35013
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 14 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SESP3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3107552 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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