15 cm ruler for scale

Stem leaf in above photo

Basal leaf in above photo

Stout-stemmed plants with flat-topped clusters of bright yellow flowers at end of stems and upper leaf axils. Flower heads measured to 25 mm diameter. Leaves wispily woolly, and entire. Stem leaves are lanceolate, sessile, and reduced in size up the stem. Stem leaf in photo was 6.6 cm long and 15 mm wide. Basal leaves oblong to lanceolate. Basal leaf in photo was 11 cm long (including petiole) and 22 mm wide.

Habitat is prairie hillsides across southern Saskatchewan and in the Cypress Hills.

The foliage is useful to identify this plant among species of Senecio - having wispily woolly, entire leaves that are reduced in size up the stem.

Budd's Flora lists the height 20 to 60 cm. Plant in photo was 25 cm tall.

Photos taken May 13th, prairie hillside in the Buffalo Grass Eco Reserve, 200 km southeast of Regina, SK, May 31 East Block Grasslands National Park 300 km southwest of our home in Regina, and May 20th in the Cypress Hills, 450 km southwest of our home in Regina, SK.