Tephroseris palustris (Linnaeus) Reichenbach
marsh fleabane
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
marsh fleabane
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Annual or biennial herb from a fibrous root; stems erect, solitary, branched above, with long (over 1 mm) yellowish (sometimes whitish) hairs, 0.5-1.2 m tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves oblong to elliptic or narrowly oblanceolate, pinnately lobed or toothed to nearly entire, with or without stalks, 3-20 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide; stem leaves gradually reduced upwards, lanceolate to oblong, pinnately lobed to irregularly toothed.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, several to many in a rounded inflorescence; involucres 3-13 mm tall; involucral bracts lance-linear, greenish to yellowish, sometimes suffused with purple, glabrous or softly long-hairy or woolly-hairy with yellowish hairs; bracteoles few, usually purplish-tipped; ray flowers yellow, mostly 3-9 mm long or lacking; disk flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes oblong, ribbed, glabrous; pappus of white hairlike bristles.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Tephroseris palustris
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
889 | 889 | 889 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
3 | 3 | 3 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
68 | 69 | 69 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 4 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
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| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
PP | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
PP(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Wet to moist streambanks, lakeshores, ponds and marshes in the montane zone; rare in N BC, known only fron Mile 581 (AK Highway) and Warm Bay; circumboreal, N to AK, YT and NT and E to PQ, Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cineraria congesta R. Br.
Senecio congestus (R. Br.) DC.
Senecio congestus subsp. tonsus (Fern.) A.& D. L÷ve
Senecio congestus var. palustris (L.) Fern.
Senecio congestus var. tonsus Fern.
Senecio palustris (L.) Hook.